L3 - memory and learning Flashcards
what is learning
gaining new info
what is memory
retention of learned info
types of memory
declarative - facts and events
non declarative - procedural, skeletal, emotional
features of declarative memory
easy to learn, easy to froget
features of non declarative
not available for recollection
- needs repeititon
- less likely to be forgoteen
types of memory in decl memory
LTM and STM
what is STM vulnerable to
disturption etc by someone else, trauma, ECT(Electroconvulsive therapy)
pathways of memory consolidation
sensory info>STM>consolidation into LTM
sensory > STM
also > consildolation to LTM as the same time
what is amnesia
loss of memory and learning ability
causes of amensia
concussion, tumour, stroke, alcholism
types of amnesia
- anterograde amnesia (inability to form new memories) - retrograde amnesia (old memories are lost).
- Transient global amnesia (TGA) is a sudden, temporary interruption of short-term memory
what can be physical representation of memory
engram or memory trace
where is declarative memory stored in the brain
medial temporal lobe, cortex
where is visual memory stored in
extrastriatal cortex
where are complex memories stored in
temporal lobes
