Neurobiology Memory Flashcards
What is another term for short term memory
Working memory
What are the 3 subunits of working memory
Executive control
Verbal Subsystem
Spatial Subsystem
What is the job of the executive control
It is the organizer
It will allocate resources to other subunits
It will monitor, manipulate and update memories
What is the job of the verbal subsystem
Remembering verbal information via broccas area
What is the job of the spatial subsystem
Remembering enviornment
Where is the spatial subsystem active in the brain
Occipital
Temporal
Paretial
What area of the brain will maintain all the information in working memory
The prefrontal cortex
What are the two types of long term memory
Explicit and implicit memory
What are the 4 stages of processing in explicit learning
Encoding
Storage
Consolidation
Retrieval
What is explicit learning
A conscious retrieval of previous experiences like people, places, or facts.
What is implicit learning
Automatic unconscious learning
When does implicit memory work best
When the event closely resembles a given situation
What are the four components of implicit memory
Priming
Procedural
Non-associative learning
Associative learning
What is classical conditioning
When there are two stimuli one conditioned and one unconditioned.
What will create a response conditioned or unconditioned stimuli
Unconditioned
What is operant conditioning
There is punishment and reward for choices made
Absent mindedness
Forgetting to carry out a task due to lack of attention to detail
What is blocking in memory
Temporary can’t access memory due to malfunction of executive control
Suggestibility
Persuading you to choose an answer or modify your memory
Bias
Altering memories based on ones own beliefs
Persistance
Remembering something when you are trying not to remember it
What’s habitation
Learning to ignore a stimulus after repeated exposure
What will cause short term habitation
Decrease in NT release
What will cause long term habitation
Decrease in the number of synapses in the cell
