Memory

Question 1

Neural correlates of memory

Answer 1

Episodic Memory – involves the medial temporal lobes, including the hippocampus and parahippocampal cortex

Question 2

Stages of memory

Answer 2

I. Registration: input from our senses into the memory system

II. Encoding: processing and combining of received information

III. Storage: holding of that input in the memory system

IV. Retrieval: recovering stored information from the memory system (remembering)

Question 3

Types of long term memory

Answer 3

• Non-Declarative (Implicit) Memory (aka unconscious memory)
• Familiarity such that you know how to interact with an object or situation without consciously thinking about it
• Called procedural memory for actions or behaviours
• Complex activities can be carried out without thinking (e.g. walking and eating)
• Declarative (Explicit) Memory (aka conscious memory)
• Episodic: related to personal experience (i.e. your memories)
• Semantic: factual memory (i.e. general knowledge)

Question 4

Strategies for enhancing memory

Answer 4

I. Assimilation – linking words with previous knowledge/giving words a meaning (e.g. SOCRATES)

II. Mnemonics