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What is memory?

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process that allow us to record and retrieve experiences and information

three basic processes:
encoding (translate into neural code)
storage (retain over time)
retrieval (access content, “pull back out”)

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What is the 3 Stage Model of Memory?

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does not correspond to specific brain areas

3 components: sensory memory, short-term memory, long-term memory

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What is sensory memory?

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briefly maintains perceptions

sensory “buffer” for transfer to STM

likely each sense has their own sensory memory

iconic (visual, fraction of a sec)
echoic (auditory, ~2+ sec)

illustrates that the time course for visual sensory memory is brief

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What is Short Term Memory (STM)?

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temporarily holds a limited amount of information

intact in amnestics

construct perceptual memory into meaningful info

memory codes: visual, phonological, semantic, motor

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What is STM magic number?

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retain 7 +/- 2 pieces of information in STM

numbers, letters, cities, etc.

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What STM chunking?

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organize material into meaningful groups

reduces the number of items needed to be remembered

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What is STM Duration?

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how long can information be retained in STM?

tested by giving a list of 3-letter syllables, and then asking participant to count backwards by 7 (in retention interval) to prevent rehearsal

brief duration (~20 seconds)

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What is rehearsal?

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extends duration of time items remain in STM

if stop and shift attention, info will be lost

maintenance rehearsal: repeat original stimuli (out loud or in head), visual and phonetic

elaborative rehearsal: link stimuli in meaningful ways, understand relationships

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What are four components of STM?

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  1. Phonological loop (auditory WM)
  2. Visuospatial sketchpad (store/manipulate images and spatial information)
  3. Episodic buffer (temporary storage for items from LTM)
  4. Central executive (control process which directs action)
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What is long term memory (LTM)?

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enduring information storage

life-learned facts, experiences and skills

unlimited capacity

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What is the primacy effect?

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items encoded into LTM

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What is recency effect?

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last few words still in STM, can be wiped out with a delay and no ability to rehearse

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What is encoding?

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if you don’t encode something, it won’t be remembered

role of attention: do not have a record of everything we experience

autonomic vs. effortful processing
unconscious vs. conscious
minimal vs. high attention

information about frequency, spatial location, sequence, and timing of events often encoded autonomically

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What is depth of processing?

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deeper processing increases likelihood of recall

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What is maintenance processing?

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rote repetition of information

not an optimal method

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What is elaborative processing?

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focuses on information’s meaning

organizing

understanding

applying to one’s life

resulting to already learned concepts

using imagery

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What are Mnemonic Devices?

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any type of memory aid

enhances encoding and recall

relies on internal mental strategies

can be applied to a variety of information

works best if you’ve already learned the knowledge

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What is visual imagery?

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dual coding theory

harder to remember words that lack a mental image

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What are schemas?

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mental framework

organized pattern of thought around the world

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How is memory stored in associative networks?

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nodes = major concepts

lines = connections between concepts, more connection within categories of shared associations

spreading activation: priming is the activation of one concept by another

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What is the neural network?

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nodes: information processing unit, groups of neurons encoding information units

distributed throughout the brain

activated in parallel

parallel distributed processing models: parallel activation of distributed networks encode different information

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What are the different types of LTM?

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all call upon long-term information you have, but each is different: some unique to you, some is general to everyone, some requires physical movement

declarative and procedural

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What is episodic LTM?

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episodic: personal experiences
semantic: general knowledge

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What is procedural LTM?

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non-declarative memory

reflected in skills and actions

some CC responses

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What is explicit memory?

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conscious memory retrieval

recognition: “target” stimuli are provided
recall: spontaneous memory retrival

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What is implicit memory?

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memory influences our behavior without conscious awareness

riding a bike, driving a car

priming tasks: identify a stimulus more easily if previously encountered

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What is memory retrival?

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reactivation of reconstruction of what is in memory storage

memory doesn’t always match the original event/fact

forgetting: memory present but inaccessible

retrieval cues: hints make recall easier, multiple self-generated cues best

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What are Flashbulb Memories?

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emotional memories so vivid that people recount in remarkable detail

seem to see pictures in our head

most likely to occur for distinctive events (positive or negative) that evoke strong emotions

high confidence in these memories, however accuracy does not relate to confidence

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What is encoding specificity?

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more likely to remember when conditions at time of initial learning and retrieval are the same

context dependent learning (external conditions)

state-dependent learning (internal conditions, can extend to mood, physiological or psychological state)

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Why do we forget?

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encoding failure: failing to transfer knowledge to LTM

decay of memory trace: thought that, with time and disuse, neural traces of memory disappeared, not supported by data

interference, retrieval failure, and tip-of-the-tongue

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What is proactive inference?

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material learned in the past interferes with recall of newer material

old phone number interferes with recalling new number

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What is retroactive interferences?

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new information interferes with old information

more similar, greater interference

33
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What are case studies of anterograde amnesia?

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could not recall any new memories

memory of past life intact

could acquire implicit memories, but no memory of training

damage to hippocampus impairs explicit but not implicit memory

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What is memory deterioration?

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memory loss is normal with aging

small and consistent reduction in cortical volume as we age

Alzheimer’s Disease: cause of 50% of dementia cases, increased risk with increased age, memory and language deterioration

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What is infantile amnesia?

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inability of adults to retrieve accurate memories before a certain age

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What is prospective memory?

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remembering to do something at a future date

event or time related

does not correspond to retrospective memory

worse in older adults: more distracted/less attention, outside of standard routine

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What is memory distortion?

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memory us a constructive (or reconstructive) process

piece together bits of information in ways that intuitively “makes sense”

often highly inaccurate

schemas can distinct memories

38
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What are eyewitness testimony?

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majority of wrongful conviction cases due to eyewitness misidentification

could be due to mis-information from police

change 1 word, change view of what happened

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How do you find the engram of memory in the brain?

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physical trace of memory in the brain

memory is not located in a single place

three approaches to find memory in brain: human lesion studies, nonhuman animal studies, brain-imaging studies

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How are different brain areas involved in memory?

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hippocampus: encoding station, convert STM to LTM

cerebral cortex: encoding information from sensory registers, stores semantic information

prefrontal cortex: involves WM, allocating attention

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