Memory part 1 Flashcards
Clive Wearing’s _______ memory was impaired but other types of memory intact
Episodic
Clive Wearing symptoms
- Memory that lasts only a few seconds
- Deficit in forming new episodic memories
Three stages of memory
- Encoding
- Storage
- Retrieval
Encoding
Learning new information; forming a new “memory trace”
Pattern separation during encoding
The new memory trace is a distinct representation of an event that does not overlap with other memories
Storage
- Maintaining a neural code encoded as a memory trace
- Stabilizing the memory trace or pattern in our brain
Retrieval
Activating a memory trace via a cue (probe for that memory) for a purpose
We store different _______ that represent a memory in our brain
Patterns
Encoding in terms of patterns
You need to store the memory by breaking it apart to form separate patterns that will be used to form a memory trace/single pattern
Storing in terms of patterns
Details of the memory (patterns) are stored all across the brain
Retrieval in terms of patterns
One of the units of the pattern will trigger you to remember the full memory : complete the full pattern
Remembering different aspects of a memory engages different …
brain parts
The _______ glues together all the components of a memory as a pattern
Hippocampus
Encoding in terms of brain activity
A memory trace is formed as a hippocampal-cortical activity pattern
Retrieval in terms of brain activity
When a cue triggers pattern completion of the brain pattern
Consolidation
- When a memory is transformed into a stable cortical pattern
- Independent of the hippocampus over time
Memories get transformed into a stable pattern in the _______
Cortex
Consolidation in the cortex is why someone with _______ memory loss can still remember facts
Hippocampus
Information in the sensory memory lasts for …
just seconds
f you rehearse information from the sensory memory, it gets transferred to …
short-term memory
If you rehearse information from the short-term memory, it gets into …
Long-term memory
When we retrieve a memory, a cue in our _______ memory store helps us access that memory
Short term
2 types of long term memory
- Implicit (subconscious, primed)
- Explicit (semantic memory)
Short term memory includes _______ control
Attentional