PSYC 251 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Autobiographical Memory, Childhood Amnesia, Long-Term Memory
12 Mar 2014
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Origins of memory: memory develops early, helped by causal structures, a mobile tied to foot of a 2- to 3 month old, where kicking would make the mobile move. Several days to a few weeks later, the baby remembers and would still kick to make the mobile move; however, after several more weeks they would forget. When asked to remember the connection between actions and consequences, steady growth in memory over first 18 months with retention from less than a week to 3 months: children may even have autobiographical memory. Brain development & memory: development of memory linked to growth of brain regions that support memory, brain structures for initial storage of information (hippocampus + amygdala) develop by 6 months. Strategies for memory: working memory is used for briefly storing a small amount of information, which is displaced as more, new information is taken in.
