memory Flashcards
what is autobiographical memory
long term memories made up of experiences
what is flashbulb memory
strong memories that are vivid
is autobiographical memory episodic
no
are memories always complete
no
what are the qualities of autobiographical memories
summary records and quite visual
what are summary records
key points of a memory
what does SPAC stand for
sensory, perceptual, affet, cognitive
what are the functions of autobiographical memories
direct = guide and shape behaviour, problem solving and planning
social = facilitating social interaction, develops new relationships and maintains old ones
self = construction of self, how we have become the person we are today
what is Conways self-memory system
episodic memories are building blocks - simple episodic memory is built from the blocks - complex episodic memories are the fully developed memory
between what ages does memory making peak
20-30’s
how well are children at recalling detailed memories
not very good and the details they remember fade quickly
at what time in our lives are we less prone to false memories
as a child
why cant we make good episodic memories when we’re younger
episodic memories rely on semantic encoding which develops later on in life
are children more semantic or perceptual
perceptual
why is it difficult for children to make memories in reference to the PFC and hippocampus
the hippocampus and PFC need to develop enough to able to have strategic control over memory making
what impact does early prolonged stress have on the brain
it effects the hippocampus, plc and the amygdala (poorer consolidation of emotional info)
what is the reminiscence bump in memory
its between the ages of 10-30 where the most memories are encoded
what happens to our memory after the reminiscence bump
our recall gets worse, cell loss int he PFC
what areas of the brain is home to episodic memories
the PFC and the hippocampus
what area of the brain is home to procedural memories
cerebellum
what area of the brain is home to emotions
amygdala
where is acitel coding done
the basal forebrain
what is explicit recall
when you’re asked to repeat words you’ve read
what is implicit recall
the you’re asked to use the words in a task
what is stochastic independence
lack of correlation between 2 measures of memory at level of individual item
what is functional independence
finding experimental manipulation that affect performance on 2 measures of memory in different and even opposite ways
what side of the PFC is semantic
left side
what side of the PFC is episodic
right side
what part does the stratum play in memory
rewards learning
what is prospective and retrospective in memory
remember to do something and remembering have done something
what is procedural and declarative in memory
unconscious memory and conscious memory
what is recalling and recognition is memory
trying to remember something and something randomly popping up
what parts of the brain hold declarative memories
hypocampus, PFC (medial temporal lobes)
what parts of the brain are non-declarative memories
amygdala, cerebellum, basal ganglia
what is declarative memories
episodic and semantic
what are examples of non-declarative memories
reflexes, procedural, priming, classical conditioning
how does the hippocampus receive memory info
from the entorhinal cortex which receives info from the parahippocampus
what parts of the brain is the hippocampus connected to in memory
amygdala and PFC
does the hippocampus store long term or short term memories
long term
does the hippocampus store episodic or semantic memories
episodic
do London taxi drivers have a bugger or smaller hippocampus
bigger
what other areas of the brain are linked to the hippocampus in memory (newly discovered areas)
adjacent areas, white matter tracts, mamillary bodies (posterior part of the hippocampus), thalamic nuclei and the retrosplenial cortex
what part of the brain acts like the boss of memory
PFC
what’s the role of the PFC in memory
organisation and strategical control of memory
what is the cell assembly theory
neurons that fire together stay together, neurons that fire our of sync lose their link
what is explicit memory
conceptual, fact based
what is implicit memory
perceptual, prompts to make assumptions
what is the perirhinal cortex good for
integration of perceptual features
what is the VLPFC used for in memory
controls access to semantic representations
what does VPC mediate
bottom-up attention
what are the parts of the default mode network in memory
PFC, hippocampus, temporoparietal junction
what is the default mode network in memory
day dreaming, not focused
what mental disorder disrupt the default mode network
AD, autism, sz, mdd
what is the attention/control network
scene construction
