6A. Memory

Question 1

Recall the neural correlates of episodic memory

Answer 1

Medial temporal lobes
Hippocampus
Parahippocampal cortex

Question 2

Name each stage of the memory process

Answer 2

Registration
Encoding
Storage
Retrieval

Question 3

What is the “encoding” stage of memory?

Answer 3

Processing and combining incoming information

Question 4

Who created the Working Memory model?

Answer 4

Baddeley

Question 5

Describe the flowchart that shows Baddeley’s model of working memory

Answer 5

Central executive function feeds into:
visuospatial sketchpad (occipital lobe)
Episodic buffer
Phonological loop

Question 6

What are the different types of longterm memory?

Answer 6

Non-declarative

Declarative

Question 7

What is non-declarative memory?

Answer 7

Familiarity with something and knowledge of how to interact with it WITHOUT THINKING

Question 8

What is procedural memory?

Answer 8

Non-declarative memory of behaviours/ actions

Question 9

What is declarative memory?

Answer 9

Split into 2 subtypes - episodic (personal experience) and semantic (general knowledge)

Question 10

Give 2 examples of ways to enhance memory

Answer 10

Assimilation

Mnemonics

Question 11

What is assimilation?

Answer 11

Linking words with previous knowledge