PSYC 4033 : PSYC 4033 Notes Exam 2
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Declarative: episodic, semantic, put words to these memories. Implicit: priming, ex: knowing football plays, playing a musical instrument, don"t put words to these memories. Episodic and semantic memory are separate (but interacting) systems. You remember what you were wearing/doing when that memory was formed. U. s. : you don"t remember what it was like encoding this kind of memory, episodic memories can sometimes become a semantic memory. Damage to his hippocampus (and surrounding structures) has left k. c. unable to retrieve events from memory. Was unable to form new episodic memory, but able to remember semantic memories. K. c. does, however, knows facts and the location of everyday objects. Not able to remember if you move the spoon drawer somewhere else in the kitchen. He could function because he knew facts about the world and how to interact with it. Had fever hallucinations that lasted 5 days.
