Memory Flashcards
What is memory?
The way past events affect future function.
Describe memory in a neurological sense.
It is the repeated firing of neurons in a systematic pattern.
What is encoding?
Creating a mental representation or image.
What is storage?
Increasing probability of future activation of image.
What is retrieval?
Activation of the image/representation profile.
What needs to be activated multiple times to translate it to long term memory?
retrieval
Name 2 types of memory.
- implicit
2. explicit
What kind of memory is non-declarative?
implicit
What kind of memory is declarative?
explicit
What are 2 sub-types of explicit memory?
- semantic
2. episodic/autobiographical
What is another name for episodic memory?
autobiographical
What is another name for autobiographical memory?
episodic
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somatic (body)
Implicit
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perceptual (senses) - can shape perception and explicit memory
implicit
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Unconscious behavioral, perceptual, and emotional learning
implicit
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Processed through amygdala, limbic, basil ganglia, motor or perceptual cortices
implicit
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Perceptual mental models of experiences encoded by 12 mos and compared to future ones.
implicit
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18 mos evocative memory-evoke sensory model to regulate self
implicit
What is procedural memory?
memory for how to do something
List some examples of procedural memory.
- walking
- riding a bike
- writing
- syntax
- decoding/literacy
What is an example of an impairment of procedural memory?
Language impairment
What kind of memory is procedural memory?
implicit
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Factual or noesis
explicit and semantic
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Memory for words and concepts.
explicit and semantic
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Sense of self emotion + event across time-autonoesis
episodic/autobiographical AND explicit
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view of self across time
episodic/autobiographical AND explicit
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Co-constructed narratives with caregiver-sense-making of feelings
episodic/autobiographical AND explicit
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memory for subjective experiences throughout time; ability to perceive the present moment as both a continuation of the past and as a prelude to the future
episodic/autobiographical AND explicit
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conscious, focused attention to encoding and recollection a.k.a. working memory
episodic/autobiographical AND explicit
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Rehearsal creates long term storage or cortical consolidation
episodic/autobiographical AND explicit
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reorganization/memory traces in frontal cortex
episodic/autobiographical AND explicit
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allows linking mental representations with others (Hwa-Froelich, in press)
episodic/autobiographical AND explicit
In order to access episodic memory, what must one be able to access?
semantic memory
What does semantic memory do for our episodic memory?
It allows us to talk about our episodic memory in a narrative way.
Can people who have been in war have therapy for PTSD?
Only if they are able to access their episodic memory.
In order to access one’s episodic memory, what must one be able to access?
semantic memory
