Long term memory Flashcards
1
Q
What’s episodic memory?
A
Personal episodes/experiences - context
Can forget details
2
Q
What’s semantic memory?
A
Understanding of the world
3
Q
What’s procedural memory?
A
Skills
Unconscious - eg learnt how to ride a bike
Automatic
4
Q
What are the three regions?
A
Medial temporal cortex - episodic
Lateral temporal cortex - semantic
Basal ganglia - procedural
5
Q
The brain is a … machine?
A
Prediction - learns when it’s wrong
6
Q
Berens et al - measured forgetting
A
We lose access not precision
7
Q
Godden and Baddeley’s dea sea divers:
A
Recall better where the divers learnt it
8
Q
Loftus and Palmer car crash:
A
Semantic processses can bias remembering
9
Q
What does the term system consolidation refer to?
A
Memories turn episodic to semantic
Interference otherwise
