PY 105 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Donald Broadbent, Henry Molaison, Anne Treisman

• School: University of Alabama
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PY 105
• Professor: Scrivner- Limbaugh

Document Summary

Memory is the nervous system"s capacity to acquire and retain usable skills and knowledge. Henry molaison (h. m): most famous person in memory research. Allows organisms to take info from experience and store it for retrieval later. Memories are often incomplete, biased, distorted: memories are stories that can be altered subtly by the process of recollection. Information processing model: how the mind remembers. Encoding: the processing of info so that it can be stored: the brain changes info into a neural code that it can use. Storage: is the rententation of encoded representations over time. Retrieval: consists of reaching into memory storage to find and bring to mind a previously encoded and stored memory when it is needed. Karl lashley"s research: engram: the physical site of memory storage. Where memory lives : equipotentiality: memory is distributed throughout the brain not in just one area.