PSYC 1000 Chapter Notes -Suzanne Corkin, Interference Theory, Anterograde Amnesia

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1000
• Professor: Harvey Marmurek

Document Summary

Textbook: psychology tenth edition in modules authored by david g. myers. Module 26: forgetting, memory construction, and improving memory. For some, memory loss is severe and permanent. Henry molaison (h. m. ) had brain surgery to stop severe seizures but was then unable to form new conscious memories. He suffered from anterograde amnesia, able to recall his past but not form new memories. Oliver sacks jimmie had no memories beyond his injury in 1945. Although incapable of recalling new or recent facts or events, they can learn nonverbal tasks. Can find their way to the bathroom without being told again, read mirror-image writing, find waldo, complicated job skills all classically conditioned; but with no awareness of having learned them. The brain areas that jump into action when young adults encode new information are less responsive in older adults. Eternal events sensory memory (attention) working/short-term memory > (encoding) long- term memory storage.