Memory And Learning Flashcards
What are the two subgroups of memory?!
Short term and long term
What is the definition of memory?!
Persistence of learning can be revealed at a later time
What regions of the brain are involved in storage of long term memories?!
Neocortex and especially the frontal cortex
What is the definition of encoding?!
Processing of new information, can be broken into two groups acquisition and encoding
How can declarative be broken down into?!
Episodic - memory of events
Semantic - knowledge of facts
What is the definition of retrieval?!
Utilisation of stored information
What is the digit span for short term memory?!
7 plus or minus 2
What are the three brain regions involved in short term memory?!
Central executive - info initially comes here and then gets sent out
Visuospatial sketchpad - visual information
Phonological loop - auditory information
What is the phonological loop made up from?!
The left surpramarginal gyrus
Left promoter region
What are the two forms of declarative memory?!
Episodic and semantic
What is flashbulb memory?!
A form of long term memory - not always very accurate
What region of the brain is involved with formation of long term memories?!
Hippocampus
Mammillary body
Dorsal thalamus
Rhinal cortex
What are smell and memory linked?!
Olfactory cortex is linked to the hippocampus and the amygdala
How does memory change the older you get?!
Memory function declined with age
What is non-declarative memory also called?!
Procedural/implicit
