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Chapter 6: LTM Flashcards

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The long term memory interacts dynamically with ______? Explain this

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working memory

- we access the LTM to make sense of information in the STM. This dynamic interaction is termed working memory

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How does STM affect LTM?

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The serial position curve

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What is the Primacy effect

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  • words from the beginning of the list are remembered better than words in the middle
    (Serial position curve)
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What is the serial position curve

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  • created by presenting a list of words to a participant one after another
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Why does the primacy effect happen

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  • there is more opportunity to hold initial words in STM and use rehearsal to send them to LTM
  • as number of words increase, this becomes more difficult
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What is the Recency Effect

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words at the end of the list are recalled better than words in the middle
(Serial position curve)

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Why does the Recency effect happen

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information is present for longer in the STM allowing for better rehearsal and transfer to LTM

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How do we know that the recency effect does not happen because the words are still present in STM during recall

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  • the recency effect is present even when recall occurs much later
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Words in the middle of the serial position curve have _______ &_______.

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  1. Proactive interference and 2. retroactive interference

- these words cannot stay in STM for long enough for effective transfer to LTM

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What is Retroactive interference

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interfering with STM processes causes recency effect to be lost
ex: counting backwards for 30 seconds before recall

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What is Proactive Interference ?

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  • the decrease in memory that occurs when previously learned information interferes with learning new information

Example: difficulty in remembering a friend’s new phone number after having previously learned the old number.

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What does the serial position curve tell us about the relation between STM and LTM

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The primacy and recency effects show that STM effects LTM

can be beneficial or detrimental

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What is a code

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a form in which information is represented

eg. population coding for faces in neurons

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What are the different ways coding can be in the form of (3)

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  • visual coding
  • auditory coding
  • semantic coding (for meaning)
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Explain coding in STM and LTM

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STM: holding in our mind
LTM: remembering

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Visual coding in STM and LTM examples (3)

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Holding in mind (STM) or remembering (LTM)
visual patterns
figures
faces

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Auditory coding in STM and LTM examples

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sounds

a song you heard

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The fact that the meaning for words can interfere with STM performance suggest that ____________

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STM uses semantic coding

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Explain semantic coding in LTM

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  • long delay between information asked to remember and recognition task
    Ex: identify which sentence was identical to a sentence in a passage
  • shows LTM stores information based on meaning - semantic code
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What kind of coding is supported by STM and LTM

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both support visual, auditory and semantic coding

- the type of coding depends on the stimuli

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STM primarily uses which form of coding

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auditory

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LTM mostly uses which form of coding

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semantic

- remembering the gist of what you read

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What part of the brain does memory involve (H.M.) (2)

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  • the prefrontal cortex and other regions like the hippocampus
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What happens with the bilateral removal of the hippocampus for memory

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STM intact and LTM impaired

  • able to remember what is happening now but forgets as soon as it is over
  • (Brenda Milner)
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Damage to where would result in impaired STM without LTM impairment (K.F)
parietal lobe damage - digit span of 2 (normal is 5) - reduce recency effect - able to transfer into LTM
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What is the hippocampus' role in LTM and STM
LTM formation and holding stimuli for short period of time
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Do LTM and STM work independently or do they overlap?
both
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What are the two subdivisions of LTM
explicit and implicit
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What are explicit memories and what are the two types
can be verbalized 1. episodic (personal events) 2. semantic (facts and knowledge)
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What are implicit memories
cant be verbalized | - procedural memory (skills)
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What are the two types of declarative memories
- episodic | - semantic
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What are episodic memories and are they declarative or not
declarative | - memories for experiences, autobiographical and time associated
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What are semantics memories and are they declarative or not
declarative | - memories for facts and general knowledge
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Are implicit or explicit memories declarative
explicit
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Three ways semantic and episodic memories can be distinguished between
- type of information - neuropsychology - imaging
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Episodic memories are time dependant or independent
dependant - mental time travel example: remembering
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implicit memories are time dependant or independent
independent | - knowing
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What is the difference between episodic and semantic memory
differences in experiences episodic = remembering semantic= knowing
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can episodic memories become semantic memories
yes they lose the time stamp as time goes on | - typically for less important things
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Patient K.C. had damage to what memory, what brain region was associated
episodic, hippocampus ex. Knows brother died 2 years ago, but no memory of when he heard about it, or how he felt at the funeral—no time-stamp for information
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What area of the brain is associated with our episodic memory
hippocampus
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Patient LP had damage to what memory and was associated with what brain region
-semantic lost Temporal lobe ex: Not able to recall what happened in World War-II, or who Beethoven was
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What area of the brain is associated with our semantic memory
Temporal lobe
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What does double dissociation mean
each function can be impaired independently
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What neuroimaging evidence supports the distinction between episodic and semantic memory?
- brain activation in different regions | - showing different brain regions are associated with episodic and semantic information
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how do episodic and semantic memories interact
- knowledge affects experience | - autobiographical memory has both semantic and episodic aspects
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how can u test if episodic and semantic memory lost over time
- memory is lost over time but not linearly | - test using the remember/know procedure
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Memory for events from past 10 years was compared to memory for events 40-50 years ago
- fewer episodic memories for 40-50 years ago than 10 years ago
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When episodic memories lose their time-stamp over time it is called what
sematicization of episodic memory
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Most ____ memories begin as _______ memories
Most semantic memories begin as episodic memories
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Patients with loss of ______ memory are unable to think about possible future personal events
- episodic | Episodic memories are extracted and recombined to construct simulations of future events
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What is the Survival value
Episodic memories may exist to help simulate future scenarios and explore possible behaviors ex. Is there enough space to cross the intersection safely?
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Mind wandering is associated with which part of the brain
DMN (Default-mode network)
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Why is mind wandering important
Most mind wandering involves thinking about the future rather than past/present Mind wandering involves creating simulations of the future by recombining the past
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Damage to ______ results in impaired autobiographical memory?
DMN | Poor autobiographical memory------>poor ability to think about the future
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What is anterograde amnesia
inability to form memories for events after trauma
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What is retrograde amnesia
inability to form memories for events before trauma
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Does implicit memory require conscious awareness
no | these are how to memories
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Can implicit memory be intact with amnesia
yes
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Can procedural memory be independent of declarative memory
yes
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Can amnesia patients learn new skills
yes
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When a new skill is learn it requires what type of attentional load
high attentional load | - less attention required as expertise develops
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What is priming
Presentation of one (priming) stimulus changes the way a person responds to another (test) stimulus
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priming is studied by testing patients with______
amnesia
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What are some disorders priming can be tested on and shows impairment
Traumatic Brain Injury Korsakoff's Syndrome Encephalitis Surgery
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What is Korsakoffs Syndrome
Korsakoff is associated with chronic alcohol abuse and results in anterograde amnesia
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Give examples of priming in everyday experiences (2)
We prefer brands we have seen ads for over brands we have not—mere exposure effect We rate statements we have read/heard before as true—propaganda effect
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What is classical conditioning
pairing a neutral stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus to elicit a response
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Is conditioning preserved in amnesia
tends to be

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