Memory

Question 1

Describe sensation and its three processes

Answer 1

Detecting and processing stimuli from environment
1. Reception: sensory neurons detect physical stimulus
2. Transduction: receptor cells convert stimulus energy to electrochemical energy
3. Transmission: transfer energy from receptor cells to brain

Question 2

Describe perception and its three processes

Answer 2

Brain organises and assigns meaning to stimuli.
1. Selection: filtering stimuli
2. Organisation: grouping features to make a meaningful whole
Interpretation: making meaning from wholes

Question 3

Attention

Answer 3

Focusing on specific stimuli while igoring others

Question 4

Describe the role of the hippocampus in memory formation

Answer 4

Forms new declarative, explicit and spatial memories, brings info from all over brain to make cohesive whole memory

Question 5

Describe the role of the hippocampus in memory storage

Answer 5

Turns STM to LTM, sends memory to be stored back where it was originally processed

Question 6

Describe the role of the amygdala in memory formation

Answer 6

Adds emotional component to memories