Memory Flashcards
1
Q
What is procedural memory?
A
Skills and associations largely unavailable to the conscious mind
2
Q
What is Declarative memory?
A
Available to the conscious mind - can be encoded in symbols and language
3
Q
What is an explicit memory?
A
a memory that can be consciously recalled
4
Q
What is an implicit memory?
A
a memory that cannot be consciously recalled
3 types:
- procedural
- Classical conditioning
- priming (when a stimulus effect response on subsequent stimuli)
5
Q
What are the benefits of studying simple systems (e.g. snails, worms, insects, cockroaches)?
A
- Neuronal size
- Circuit complexity
- Temperature dependence - less
- Mapping tools
- often very stereotypic
- Less ethical issues w/ lower invertebrates
6
Q
What are the 2 simple forms of memory?
A
- Habituation - amplitude of response decreases with time
- Sensitisation - Increase in amplitude of behavioural response with time
7
Q
Examples of habituation in humans
A
- Habituation of eye blink reflex
- Habituation of repetitive non-harmful stimulus presentation (e.g. Living on a noisy road)
- Habituation of visual attention
- Habituation of emotional response
