Module 32 Flashcards
Semantic memory
(facts and general knowledge)
such as George Washington was our first president
Hippocampus
Explicit memories of facts and episodes are processed in the
hippocampus
(orange structures in the image to the right)
and fed to other brain regions for storage.
a “save” button for explicit memories.
Episodic memory
(experienced events)
such as I had a clown at my 6th birthday party.
Long term Potentiation
Increase in a cell’s firing potential after a brief, rapid stimulation. There is a neural basis for learning and memory.
evidence our neurons learn
math homework ‘flow’
Flashbulb memory
Against Freuds theory
Clear, sustained memories of an emotionally significant moment or event
Priming
technique in which the introduction of one stimulus influences how people respond to a subsequent stimulus.
Encoding specificity Principle
The idea is that cues and contexts similar to a particular memory will be more effective in helping us recall that memory
Mood congruent memory
Serial position effect
Long-term memory storage
Not stored all in one place
Memory storage is limitless
Cerebellum and Basal Ganglia
Responsible for holding and coding implicit memories.
Cerebellum - classical conditioning
Stress hormones
They focus memory, make more glucose which fuels brain activity, trigger the amygdala that boosts memory forming areas of the brain
Retrieval cues
encoding bits of information as we encode specific information
Dropping a pen to remember to do something
