PSY100H1 Study Guide - Helen Keller, Classical Conditioning, Basal Ganglia

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man receive brain seizure to relieve epilepsy. surgery to remove temporal lobe including hippocampuslost his memory. cannot rmb new info, but can recall past, and able to learn new motor skills (eg. trace star looking at mirror, better performances after 3 days of practice) Memory: capacity of nervous system to acquire and retain usable skills and knowledge, allow organisms to benefit. memory is biased and incomplete and distorted. 3 stages memory system (modal/standard memory model)- by atkinson. sensory, short-term, long term memory (pg 252) 3 rows of letter test: asked to recall one row, performance worsen after several seconds. iconic memory last for 1/3 second before trace faded. iconic and echoic allow us to experience world as continuous stream. passed from sensory memory to short term. immediate memory: thoughts and impression of world. ram of computer: handle small amt info.

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