11&12) Memory

Question 1

Explicit memory task

Answer 1

Long time memory requiring conscious thought. Say the first word you think off J_A_N_

Question 2

Implicit memory

Answer 2

Long time memory not requiring conscious thought. Shown a list of words, say what comes to mind.

Question 3

Role of Hippocampus

Answer 3

Needed for forming new declarative/explicit memories.

Question 4

Modal Model of Memory

Answer 4

Sensory information - attentional filter - short term memory - consolidation - long term memory

Question 5

Working Memory Model

Answer 5

Sensory information - sensory store - attentional filter - short term memory - transfer/consolidation/retrieval - long term memory

Question 6

Working memory and the brain

Answer 6

Frontal cortices code ‘rule’ with stimulus. Different parts of frontal cortices involved with different aspects of working memory

Question 7

Recall of long-term memories

Answer 7

Involve same cortical areas as for perception. Hippocampal complex involved.