Memory Flashcards
(26 cards)
Stages of memory: encoding
-Early process of material bang learned
-Depth and organization of material (quality of encoding) determines how well It’s stored
Stages of memory: consolidation
-Process by which recently encoded info is transferred to permanent storage
-Recent events are more vulnerable to forgetting bc consolidation is not complete
-Once it is consolidated, less dependent on hippocampus, and more on cortical structures
Stages of memory: storage
-Information is held in memory for future use
-Long term store permanent unless interrupted by pathology
-Not all info available for spontaneous retrieval
Stages of memory: retrieval
-Pulling into from storage to use it
-PFC and hippocampus involved in retrieval
-NOTE: repeated retrieval from long-term store strengthens memories
Neuroanatomy: hippocampus
-Critical for encoding and consolidation of memory
Neuroanatomy: amygdala
-Encoding emotional memories
-Consolidation
Neuroanatomy: basal ganglia
-Learning motor skills
-Implicit memory
Neuroanatomy: cerebellum
-Procedural memory
Neuroanatomy: frontal lobe
-Prospective memory
-Important for retrieval/executive control
Neuroanatomy: temporal lobe
-Autobiographical memory
-Semantic knowledge
Foundation of memory
important for survival and new learning
Episodic memory
remembering things that have happened to you
(events, episodes of life)
Semantic memory
factual knowledge
Prospective memory
remembering to do something in the future
Explicit memory
long-term memory
- episodic, semantic, prospective
Implicit memory
skills (procedural knowledge), priming, conditioning, emotional
Priming memory
responding faster to butter when you hear bread
Skills memory
procedural knowledge
- riding a bike, playing games, driving
Conditioning memory
associating the sound of a fire siren with a fire emergency
Emotional memory
physical attraction or fear
Stages of memory relies on
executive control to become long term memory
Anterograde amnesia
difficulty remembering anything from the time of onset
hard time building new memories after onset
Retrograde amnesia
difficulty remembering anything right before injury onset
info had not finshed consolidating
Post traumatic amnesia
difficulty with forming new memory’s and what happened shortly before injury
