PSY100H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Explicit Memory, Entorhinal Cortex, Procedural Memory
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Episodic memory: memory for personal events, allows us to time travel (tulving"s k. c. did not have it) Encoding: getting info in, forming a memory code, requires attention (entering data in a computer) Storage: maintaining encoded info in memory over time (saving a file) Retrieval: recovering info from memory stores (opening up a file) Active encoding is a crucial process in memory and requires attention next in line effect, don"t remember what the person before you said cuz didn"t pay attention or encode the info. Attention involves focusing awareness on a narrowed range of stimuli or events. Selective attention is crucial for a life without chaos. Attention is filter that screens out most potential stimuli but allows selected few to pass through. Debate whether the stimuli are screened out early (during sensory input), or late (after the brain has processed the meaning or significance of the input)
