PSYC 100 Chapter Notes -Wilder Penfield, Implicit Memory, Prefrontal Cortex

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 100
• Professor: Ingrid Johnsrude

Document Summary

Memory: using or reproducing info learned in the past. Memory of loci: associating things with destinations through a walk, in order to memorize lists. Emotional events are more memorable: the limbic system processes emotions and memory storage. Smells trigger memory: the olfactory cortex is near the limbic system, so smells and memory are highly related. Memory is more effective if new info is connected with prior knowledge. Wilder penfield: neurosurgeon in montreal; demonstrated that stimulating parts of the brain would result in different provoked sensations and memories; did the split-brain surgeries. Construction: we reconstruct/recall memories inexactly; we fill in the gaps with info that with our perspectives and thoughts; frequent if the originals disagreed with the subject agrees story was illogical or: encoding. Work to record information that we pay attention to. Levels-of-processing effect: semantic memory (thinking about the meaning)>acoustic>visual. Elaborative encoding (relating new knowledge to already-stored memories) enhances retention; encoding improves if we process info more thoroughly (more attention)