PSY270H1 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Memory, Temporal Lobe, Semantic Memory
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John locke proposed the idea of tabula rasa; this idea said we are born as blank slates and we accumulate knowledge over time. Emergence of the mind: tolman deduced cognitive maps which animals create, cog maps were mental representations of the world to help us navigate the world. Forming long term memories (not procedural), organizing learning, memory in context. Emotional processing, aggression, emotional memory regulating emotion, aggression. Sensory relay cemetery that also regulated sleep and mood. Regulates nt and hormone release and processes olfaction. Neuroimaging: structure: ct scan: uses x-rays to visualize structure of the brain, mri: uses electromagnetic frequencies to visualise the brain issues. Aim: mind wandering, are high mind wonders could be easily distracted or maybe mind wonders are disengaged and not interested in the task you give them. 2. disengaged in from task so lower responses for all rare tasks sustained attention: the result should be a lower p300 for all rare tasks thus reduced sustained attention.
