PSYC 101 Study Guide - Iconic Memory, Ures, Vascular Dementia
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Lecture 12, 13: memory + textbook chapter 6. * alzheimer"s disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disease for which there is no cure at least yet. * key neurobiological changes (plaques and tangles) appear to be associated with the profound alterations in cognitive function we observe. Moment to moment information in our mind (question in mind when answering) Critical cognitive skill: predicts intelligence, better working mem = incr likelihood of being int. Visuospacial sketchpad (visual): the minds eye, closed eyes but you can still imaging things and. See" things (differs in people vivid or nothing) *mental imagery, mental workspace that is visual. Basic for mental or visual imagery. Phonological loop (auditory): you can only process so much at a time, thinking things to yourself. Internal dialogue (talking or thinking to one"s self) Central executive: gives out mental resources, determined by what is most important. Effect of chunking: 561- seventy- eight- eighty 2 78 is one item instead.
