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3-Memory and parts of the brain involved with memory Flashcards

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rehearsal

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conscious repetition of information to be remembered

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Chunking

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  • organizing information into manageable bits or chunks
    • Usefully for info like dates and phone numbers
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Elaborating rehearsal

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technique in which you think about the meaning of the new information and its relation to knowledge already stored in your memory

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Mnemonic devices

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  • memory aids that help us organize information for encoding
    • Use for when recalling larger bits of info
    • Acronym, knuckles, etc.
    • The more vivid or unusual, the easier it is to remember
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Expressive writing

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Helps boost short term memory, particularly if you write about a traumatic experience

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Saying words aloud

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Increases the word’s distinctiveness

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self-reference effect

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Rewrite stuff in your own words

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forgetting curve

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information you learn drops off rapidly with time

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automatic processing

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encoding of details like time, space, frequency, and the meaning of words→ usually done without any conscious awareness

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effortful processing

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stuff you need work and attention to encode

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SEMANTIC ENCODING

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  • Encoding of words and their meaning
  • relating info in a meaningful way to knowledge that is already stored in memory
  • Information is better remember when it is meaningful
    • The more meaning the better!!
  • Deeper level of processing than the other encoding methods
  • We process verbal information best through this
    • Especially if we apply the self-reference effect
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self-reference effect

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Tendency for individual to have better memory for information that relates to oneself in comparison to material that has less

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VISUAL ENCODING

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  • Encoding of images
  • Walk around house, think of the weirdest things that places could be
  • also related to the inherent properties of the word
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High imagery words

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  • easy to find image, concrete
    • Encoded both semantically and visually
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Low imagery words

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abstract, hard to find

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ACOUSTIC ENCODING

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  • Encoding the sounds that the words make
  • Enhanced through semantic and auditory coding (e.g. rhyming)
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STORAGE

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creation of a permanent record of information

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Atkinson-Shiffrin Model of Memory

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  • based on belief that we process memories in the same way that a computer processes information
  • for a memory to pass into storage, it has to pass through three distinct stages:
    • sensory memory
    • short-term memory
    • long-term memory
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Baddeley and Hitch Model

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  • short term memory itself has different forms
  • storing short term memory depends on the type of information received
    • visual-spatial form
    • spoken or written material
  • stored in three short-term systems:
    • visuospatial sketchpad
    • episodic buffer
    • phonological loop
  • there is a central executive part of memory that supervises/controls the flow of information to and from the three short-term systems
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Sensory Memory

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stimuli from environment processed in sensory memory first
- brief sensory events—sights, sounds, tastes

  • holds sensory information for anywhere between 0.5-5 seconds
  • Sights sounds tastes textures
  • Helps us interact and navigate the world, but most of the information (what I wore during the midterm) is useless
  • Any information not attended to will be lost
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Stroop effect

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will name a colour more easily if it appears printed in that colour

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short-term memory

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temporary storage that processes incoming sensory memory (AKA working memory)

  • Takes info from sensory info and connects to long term information
  • lasts around 20 seconds
  • will remain in short term memory as long as it is rehearsed
  • On average—can handle 7 plus or minus 2 pieces of information
  • Short term memory is better with:
    • Numbers vs letters
    • Acoustic vs visual encoding
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memory consolidation

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step of rehearsal, conscious repetition of information to be remembered to move STM to long-term memory

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long-term memory

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continuous storage of information with no storage limit

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types of long-term memory

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  • Explicative (declarative)
    • Episodic (about events we personally experienced)
    • Semantic (language and knowledge about language)
  • Implicit (non-declarative) not part of our conscious; formed from behaviours
    • Procedural (juggling)
    • Emotional conditioning (associating an emotion with an experience)

important because things can leave certain types of LTM intact while others are damaged

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RETRIEVAL

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bringing information out of long term storage into short term memory

  • Recall
    - Retrieving information without any retrieval cues
    - Short answer
  • Recognition
    - Identify information that you have previously learned
    - Multiple choice
    - Retrieval cue—external information that is associated with stored information
    - Environment can act as a retrieval cue
    - Inner state can also act as retrieval cue—state-dependent retrieval
    - Good mood vs bad mood!
    - Recall is better if in same state during encoding
  • Relearning
    - relearning information that was previously learned
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KARL KASHLEY

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  • first science to formally explore memory
  • used experiments on mice and rats and monkeys
    • put them in maze, get them to learn the maze
    • then took them out, damaged parts of the mice’s brain
    • can they still solve the problem?
      • YES! no matter WHERE
  • was looking for the engram
  • believed that the brain was super super alive!
  • As a result, he made the Equipotentiality hypothesis
  • But… he was not making lesions the right parts of the brain
    • soooo he was wrong
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engram

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  • physical bunch of neurons where your memory lives
  • Group of neurons that are the physical representation of memory
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EQUIPOTENTIALITY HYPOTHESIS

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If the part of the brain involved with memory is damaged, another part of the brain will take over the memory function

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main parts of the brain involved with memory

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  • amygdala — declarative and non-declarative (emotional)
  • the hippocampus—declarative (episodic memories) also consolidating long-term (note: also semantic memory)
  • the cerebellum—Non-declarative (procedural)
  • the prefrontal cortex—Declarative (semantic)
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THE AMYGDALA

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  • Emotion regulation — Fear and aggression
  • Plays a part in how memories are stored
    • Storage is influenced by stress hormones
  • Involved in fear and fear memories
  • Lateral amygdala
    • Pairing emotions with memory
    • classical conditioning when is emotional response!
  • Involved in memory consolidation — turning something into long-term memory
  • Facilitate encoding memories At a deeper leave especially for emotionally arousing events
  • non-declarative (emotional)
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THE HIPPOCAMPUS

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  • normal recognition memory and spatial memory
  • Projects information to cortical regions that give memories meaning and connect them with other connected memories
  • associated with declarative, episodic memory, and recognition memory
  • Responsible for episodic memories
  • recognition memory
  • Plays a part in memory consolidation—the process of transferring new learning into long-term memory
  • Calls on all parts of the brain to reconstruct a memory
  • Damage: affects declarative memories
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THE CEREBELLUM

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  • Non-declarative memories
  • Procedural memories
  • Motor learning
  • Classical conditioning—whenever it’s a MOTOR RESPONSE being conditioned
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THE PREFRONTAL CORTEX

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  • What specialization do we find in our prefrontal cortex
    • Inferior frontal gyrus — semantic learning
  • LEFT hemisphere: semantic memory
  • RIGHT hemisphere: retrieving information
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what neurotransmitters are involved in memory

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Dopamine / norepinephrine / serotonin / glutamate / acetylcholine

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Arousal theory

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  • strong emotions create strong memories
    • Times of stress: glutamate is like yo.
    • Highly visceral stimuli, more glutamate released
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Flashbulb memory phenomenon

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very clear recollection of an important event

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Deere-Roediger-McDermott Paradigm

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procedure in cognitive psychology used to study false memory in humans (omg a bunch of sleep-related words but sleep isn’t actually there!!)

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