LTM Flashcards
What is organic amnesia?
a memory loss caused by biological factors such as brain damage or strokes
What are the 4 main areas of damage In amnesia?
medial temporal lobes
thalamus
basal forebrain
fornix and mammillary bodies
What is anterograde amnesia?
prevents people from forming new memories
What is retrograde amnesia?
causes people to be unable to recall past events
What is preserved in organic amnesia?
STM
working memory
intelligence
Is LTM unitary store?
No
explicit and implicit LTM
What are declarative memories (explicit)?
involves conscious retrieval of information
According to Tulving, what is episodic memory?
specific events linked to place and time
According to Tulving, what is semantic memory?
general knowledge
What are the 2 ways to retrieve episodic memories?
- recollection (mentally travel back to event)
- familiarity
What are remote memories?
memoires that occurred in the past
What is Ribot’s law of memory?
in cases of memory damage, the older the memory the less likely to be affected
What is the Multiple trace theory?
argues hippocampus is essential for autobiographical memory retrieval
hippocampal damage should affect all remote memories
What are non-declarative memories (implicit)?
having no conscious awareness
cannot be accessed
What is priming?
processing of repeated stimuli and doesn’t require conscious recollection of experience
