PSY100Y5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Juggling, Cerebellum, Suggestibility
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E(cid:374)codi(cid:374)g me(cid:373)ory, stori(cid:374)g me(cid:373)ory, me(cid:373)ory retrieval, forgetti(cid:374)g, physiology of. Me(cid:373)ory, syste(cid:373)s of me(cid:373)ory & types of me(cid:373)ory. What is semantic & episodic memory: episodic: memory for personal events (like when to eat, or events in your life), semantic: memory for general information (like facts). This phenomena is represented by patient k. c. , who was treated by endel tulving at the. Tulving found k. c. had perfect semantic vision but no episodic vision, after a motorcycle accident. Attention is focusing awareness on a narrowed range of stimuli. Attention is a filter that only allows a select few stimuli through to awareness. You need to pay attention for encoding to occur. It possible that the location of our attention filter depends on the cognitive load of current information processing. When cognitive load is high, filter is in early selection. The cocktail party phenomenon suggests that the filter of attention is located after the brain has processed stimulus rather than in the sensory organs.
