PSYC 1000 Chapter Notes -Basal Ganglia, Frontal Lobe, Childhood Amnesia

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1000
• Professor: Dan Meegan

Document Summary

Module 24: storage: retaining information in the brain. Memories do not reside in single specific spots: many parts of the brain interact as we encode, store and retrieve information that forms memories. Explicit memory system: the frontal lobes and hippocampus. Explicit memory: memory of facts and experiences that one can consciously know and declare, brain regions send input to the frontal lobes for working memory processing. Left frontal lobe: recalling a password and holding it in working memory. Right frontal lobe: calling up a visual party scene. Hippocampus: a neural center located in the limbic system: helps process explicit memories for storage. A save button: damage disrupts the recall of memories, left damage. Trouble remembering verbal information: right damage. Sleep supports memory consolidation: brain replays days activities and stores them in cortex. Implicit memory: retention independent of conscious recollection. Done with the cerebellum: forming and storing of implicit memories created by classical conditioning, without people cannot develop certain reflexes.