Memory Flashcards
What are two types of explicit memories?
Facts and events
What are the 4 types of implicit memories?
- Priming
- Procedural/Skills
- Associative learning
- Non-associative learning
What part of the brain encodes priming implicit memories?
neocortex
What part of the brain encodes procedural implicit memories?
striatum
What part of the brain encodes associative learning?
Emotional response = amygdala
Skeletal musculature = cerebellum
What part of the brain encodes non-associative (eg. habituation and sensitization) implicit learning?
Reflex systems
Why are procedural memories harder to form than any other?
Harder to train the motor system
What are episodic memories tagged with?
Temporal and spatial context
True or false? Episodic memories are instantly learned in single exposure without trying to remember?
True
What are semantic memories?
“I know” memories, such as knowledge. Learned in single exposure but strengthened with repetition
What is it called when you can draw an object, but not name it?
Associative agnosia
What are the four interchangeable steps of explicit memory formation?
- Encoding
- Consolidation (long term memory formation)
- storage
- Retrieval
What part of the brain works to encode memories?
The hippocampus
What part of the brain works to retrieve memories?
Mostly pre-frontal areas
What are four things that happen when we see a face? (memory wise)
- Initial processing
- Hippocampus helps long term memory formation
- Over time, transfers completely to association areas
- Damage to association areas should impair long term memories.
