Memory Flashcards
Knowing WHAT
Explicit/Declarative Memory
Knowing HOW
Implicit Memory
Lasts minutes, involve mere chemical change
Short Term Memory
Resistant disruption, lasts for lifetime
Long Term Memory
Promotes CONSOLIDATION - conversion of short term to long term memory
Rehearsal, Sleep, Adequate Nutrition (Vitamin B)
Where memory is mainly STORED
TEMPORAL LOBE
ENCODE events of the recent past into long term memory
damage –> ANTEROGRADE AMNESIA (cannot form new memory)
HIPPOCAMPUS
Reward Center
Medial Forebrain Bundle
Punishment Center
Central Gray Area surrounding the Aqueduct of Sylvius
Helps RECALL memory
damage –> RETROGRADE AMNESIA (cannot recall new memories)
THALAMUS
For REMOTE memories
Neocortical areas
For WORKING MEMORY
Prefrontal cortex
For ability to RECALL FACES AND FORMS
Inferior Temporal Lobe
For production of inappropriate EMOTIONAL RESPONSES when recalling events of the recent past
Amygdala