PSYC 3330 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Prototype Theory, Semantic Similarity, Semantic Dementia
31 Mar 2016
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Episodic: memory for events occurring at a specific time in a specific place. Retrieval of information from episodic memory is typically (but not always) accompanied by a sense of consciously recollecting the past no conscious recollection with semantic. Adverse effects of brain damage on memory is less for semantic memory hippocampus and related brain areas. In 147 cases of amnesia, episodic was impaired in all cases with only moderate semantic impairment. Retrograde amnesia for episodic memories often spans several years but for semantic memories it remains generally intact except for knowledge acquired shortly before the amnesia. Findings show that the same neural network including various frontal, temporal, and parietal areas were activated during the retrieval of episodic, semantic, and autobiographical memory. Collins and quillian: first systematic model of semantic memory. Their key assumption was that semantic memory is organized into a series of hierarchical networks.
