lecture 2 Flashcards
mature et al
compared 10 memory champions with 10 normal controls
possible conclusions of matures research
brains of mental athletes appear anatomically indistinguishable
athletes rely more heavily on regions involved in spatial memory - right hippocampus
mental imagery
experiences we describe in terms of looking at a mental picture
mneumonist
person with exceptional memory
mnemonic
device for improving memory
case study
S- remarkable imagery
but poor memory for faces and disorganisation
mnemonics rely on
associations between easy to remember constructs
encoding a list
mental follow the seance and put an object relating to an item in each place
retrieving. list
mentally repeat th sequence of paces nd see what is in each place
remembering pairs of words
retrieval of one word by another is improved by forming a mental image
wollen andweber
interactions are more effective - chunking
Atkinson and riagh
keyword method to learn foreign vocab
eg form an image association with keyword with English word
abstract word’s are
harder to recall compared with concrete words - harder to visualise
dual coding theory
2 independent codes- visual -imaery and verbal
single storage medium
one one storage medium - what is stored is neither an image nor a verbal code but instead is abstract
info is stored as logical propositions
kossylyns computational method
mental images are represented in an analogue medium
analogue preserves structure of the original info
mental size
2 groups - asked to imagine elephant and rabbit or rabbit and fly. asked does the rabbit have red eyes. fly and rabbit group answered quicker- bigger- easier to see
Peterson and ewoldsen
participants took longer to say a familiar route when told to carry a cannonball compared to a ballon
mental imagery isn’t
entirely like perception
source monitoring framework
not all mental images are memories
how do we distinguish between memories and imaginations
evaluate the images qualitative attributes
evaluate the plausibility/ coherence
evaluate the images qualitative attributes
memory - sensory attributes
imaginations - cognitive processing
evaluate plausibility
real memories fit with our knowledge about the world and with other memories
