Module 25 Flashcards
Whole past is contained in memory, waiting to be relived
Past Research
During sleep the hippocampus and brain cortex display rhythmic patterns of activity as if
they talk to each other
Cerebellum and Basal Ganglia
Implicit Memory System
Conscious memory of first three years is blank, command of language and well developed hippocampus needed
Infantile Amnesia
Frontal Lobes and hippocampus
Explicit memory formation
Cerebellum and basal ganglia
Implicit memory formation
Amygdala
Emotion related memory formation
Excitement or stress trigger
Hormone production and provoke amygdala to engage memory
Neural base for learning and memory
Long-term potentiation
After LTP has occurred, an electric current passing through the brain. Before LTP, the same current can wipe out very recent memories.
won’t erase old memories.
Before LTP, the same current
can wipe out very recent memories.
Priming
Context-dependent memory
State-dependent memory
Serial postion effect
Retrieval cues
Memories held in storage by web of associations
Memory Retrieval
Activation, often unconsciously, of particular associations in memory
Priming
Involves improved recall of specific information when the context present at encoding and retrieval are the same
Context-dependent memory
Suggests cues and contexts specific to a particular memory will be most effective
Encoding specificity principle
Involves tendency to recall events consistent with current good or bad mood (mood-congruent memory)
State-dependent memory
Involves tendency to recall experiences that are consistent with one’s current good or bad mood
Mood-congruent memory
Involves tendency to recall best the last (recency effect) and first (primacy effect) items in a list
Serial position effect
