memory final Flashcards
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cognitive economy
in order to save “room” we minimize processing and resources
Spreading activation model (5)
Collins and Loftus
no hierarchy, free association
a lot of connections between sematic info
how strong connections are is based on meaning
activation and probing
Priming and brain activation consistent with this model
Does organization of semantic memory how its stored or how its retrieved?
major problem with studying any type of LTM
semantic memory storage
is all over the cortex but NOT in a random way, in a very specific way
semantic memory storage
is all over the cortex but NOT in a random way, in a very specific way
pattern “assembiles” of activity for a specific memory and if some of those neurons die the pattern will still be recognizable
patterns can also change when you add more connections
Are there “categories” in the brain?
people can be “blind” to inanimate objects but can “see” animate objects so that might mean there is categories so we must be putting things into different boxes
sensory functional theory
Farah and MccClelland
living things rely more on sensory information compared too non-living things where we look at it as its function “how do you know its a bear” by how it looks (sensor cortex) vs “how do you know its a table” because we use it to eat (motor cortex)
Hippocampus and semantic memory
- the formation of semantic LTM takes time
- hippocampus is critical for consolidation probably for the whole process
- hippocampus acts as a facilitator to connect all the brain regions associated with the memory , not where the memory is actually stored, once this is in LTM hippocampus is not necessary (H.M)
- also provides neural bases of Ebbinghaus “extra learning” or over learning and savings
Once the activity pattern is engrained what is not needed
hippocampus
Concept formation
similar to skill steps
movement of controlled (frontal lobe in the brain, and more related to episodic memory) to autonomous (temporal/partial lobe)
In what manner does info move from episodic to semantic
prolonged and very complex
that’s why first thing to go in Alz is retrieval of episodic memory
explicit memory
complex connections, more than one area becomes active in a certain pattern
retrograde message (5)
1.affects only the PRE neurons that were active at that time
2.Post neuron can send info to pre neurons
this strengthens the connections of the neurons
3. NO is the gas NT that is released by POST that goes into the PRE neuron
4.This is how semantic memory occurs, hippocampus is involved but don’t know how
5. increases LTP
Nitric Oxide Mechanism
seems to help bind neurons into active assemblies
Episodic memory
conscious recollection of an experience, personal time travel, Tuvling
Do animals have this memory?
source memory
very important for EM
difference between sm AND em
when it comes to interference, sm more connections easier to retrieve and helpful
em more you do something or more connections its harder to remeber
Ex- more weddings you go to the harder it is to remember the individual wedding
hippocampus and retrieval
- active when retrieving EM memory
- involved in encoding of EM and SM
- involved in reorganizing memory when retrieved s2weyi8u7/Fre 9
hippocampus and De ja vu
familiarity to something has to do with this
related to revelation effect “AH HA” moment
hippocampus and spaitial memory
study in taxi drivers found that the posterior part of their hippocampus was larger and the rest of it was smaller for the average person
gives eveidence, like hm, that posterior part of hippoampus is involved in spaital memory
general episodic memory vs autobiographical
- studies show that AB pictures activated the medial prefrontal cortex and visuospatial area
- general EM pictures activated the hippocampus and prefrontal region
AB memory in the brain
occipital lobe
ventral stream
left pre-frontal lobe- initially active than occipital and temporal lobe
when people lie the frontal lobe is active but not the occipital lobe
levels of AB memory
- thematic (lifetime events)
- general
- specific
levels of Semantic memory
superordinate
basic
subordinate