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Q2 - WM, Ep/Sem, Skill/proced Flashcards

STM/WM, episodic/semantic memory

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Atkinson-Shiffrin Memory Model

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  1. input
  2. sensory memory (visual/auidoty/haptic)
  3. attention
  4. STM
    - control processes (rehearsal/encoding/retrieval strategies)
  5. LTM
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LTM systems

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  • Declarative/Explicit (Chapter 7)
    –Semantic
    –Episodic
  • Non-declarative/Procedural/Implicit/Skill Memory (Chapter 8)

these are learned through repetition, apparently infinite capacity, stored knowledge not currently “in mind”

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sensory memory characteristics

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  • One for each sense
  • Very large storage
  • Extremely rapid decay (~1s) and rapidly over-written by new incoming sensory information
  • Transfers to STM
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sensory memories

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brief, transient sensations of what you have just perceived

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sensory memory capacity approaches (2)

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  1. total recall
  2. Sperling’s partial report technique
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total recall

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  1. Present grid of letters for ~300 ms, too short to transfer to STM
  2. Have participants write letters recalled
    - Typically 3 letters
    Problem: store fades before letters can be written
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Sperling’s partial report technique

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  1. Have participants only report 1 row, signaled by a tone after presentation
  2. Again, only 3 letters - but 3 letters from any given row!

Suggests sensory store holds a complete snapshot of the world, but that it fades very rapidly

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STM characteristics

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  • Multimodal (general for senses)
  • Small capacity
  • Quick decay (<1 min) and over-writing
  • Rehearsal – preserves info in STM
  • Transfer to/from LTM
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STM vs LTM

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STM
- active contents of consciousness
- rapid access
- limited capacity
- forgotten quickly

LTM
- not currently in consciousness
- slower access
- unlimited capacity
- forgotten slowly

LTM is constrained by STM/WM

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STM capacity - digit span

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  1. Read list of numbers, subjects repeat
  2. Increase list length until error is made
  3. Big component of many IQ measures
    Miller: 7 plus or minus 2 (but 5 is the mode in normal humans)
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capacity and meaning

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When lists are meaningful, same length can be held in memory despite much more information being present.
5 to 9 “chunks”

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chunks

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5 to 9 pieces of information/units of meaning

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recoding/chunking

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finding meaning in information being stored in STM
- Recode random numbers (14921941) into meaningful years: 1492, 1941
- Depends on having meaningful chunks available

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rehearsal

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repeating information mentally to maintain attention
- Attention determines duration – stop paying attention, lose the information

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WM

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workspace for the mind
- It collects sensory input, activates relevant LTMs, and transforms information to suit current needs.

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WM component parts (3)

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  1. Phonological loop – inner voice
  2. Sketchpad – inner eye (imagining)
  3. Central executive – attention
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phonological loop

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repeating info mentally - rehearsal
- stores about 2 s of autitory info

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Word-length effect

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less capacity to memorize lists of multi-syllable words compared to single-syllable words
- Those who speak faster can rehearse longer lists of words

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Visual-Spatial Sketchpad

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Holds both visual and spatial information for manipulation (the mind’s eye)
- Limited capacity, but capacity is independent from phonological loop (filling one doesn’t impact the other)

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central executive

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The working part of your mind; monitors and manipulates working memory buffers - manipulation of remembered information.

  • Exerts cognitive control over behavior; providing complex organization in response to environmental demands
  • The most important component of working memory, but also the least understood
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Central Executive and Cognitive Control tasks

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  1. self-ordered memory task - choose an item not yet selected
  2. Hanoi tower
  3. Wisconsin Card Sorting Test - learn a rule governing the sorting of cards (e.g., by color).
    - After they catch on, however, the rule is changed (e.g., by shape), requiring an updating of memory and behavior
  4. stroop test
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dysexecutive syndrome

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decrease in working memory and executive function
- Decreased digit span
- Poor memory updating (self-ordered memory task)
- Poor planning (Hanoi tower)
- Poor task switching, with perseverance (can’t switch to new rule in card sorting task)
- Poor overall IQ

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prefrontal cortex areas of WM

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  1. Dorsal PFC:
    Manipulation (central executive)
  2. Ventral PFC
    Simple Maintenance
    - left: phonological loop
    - right: visuospatial sketchpad
  3. Other cortical areas
    Rehearsal
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Dorsolateral PFC

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  • Impaired with a delayed self-ordered visual recognition task requiring memory manipulation (Which of these have I not selected previously?)
  • No impairment, however, with a delayed recognition task requiring only memory maintenance (Which of these have I seen before?)
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damage Ventrolateral PFC - left

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impairs auditory rehearsal

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damage Ventrolateral PFC - right

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impairs visual memory rehearsal

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PFC job

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  1. Storage: holds temporary memories in place (this is the traditional view)
  2. Coordinates: maintains activity in posterior portions of the cortex to represent temporary memories (this is a newer theory)
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Anterograde Amnesia

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inability to form new LTM
still intact:
- most memories before surgery
- new things as long as attending to new info

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HM memory systems

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working memory (new info) and LTM (info before surgery) remain intact but CONSOLIDATION process is impaired
- can’t transfer info from WM to LTM

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WM types (2)
1. Declarative
2. Non declarative

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  1. declarative LTM: explicit
    - can relate back to others (first concert, current president)
  2. nondeclarative LTM: implicit
    - hard to teach others (walk, ride a bike)
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declarative types (2)

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  1. episodic: specific autobiographical events (first concert)
  2. semantic: facts and general knowledge (Yanks WS titles)
    - both episodic and semantic memories depend on e/o
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memory processes (3)

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  1. storage: initial storage of info
  2. encoding: maintaining stored info
  3. retrieval: reactivating the memory for further processing
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encoding

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prior knowledge helps
the more deeply info is processed the better it is encoded
- imaged words are better remembered than pronounced words

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retrieval and encoding connection

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Retrieval works best when conditions are similar to encoding conditions
- SCUBA test

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SCUBA test

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  1. participants learned 2 list of 40 words on land or underwater
  2. tested in same or diff context
    results: same context group performed better
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retrieval cues

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more cues = makes memory recall easier

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memory failure problems (4)

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  1. forgetting
  2. interference
  3. misattribution
  4. false memory
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forgetting

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substantial forgetting even w perfectly encoded material
- long- lasting memories tend to be permanent
- directed forgetting can increase forgetting

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interference

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Similar/overlapping information can interfere with memory, producing storage and retrieval errors
- proactive
- retroactive

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proactive interference

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OLD info interferes w/ new info
- memories of an old party interfere w memories of the new party

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retroactive interference

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NEW info interferes w/ old info
- hard to remember old test info after learning new test info

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misattribution errors

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incorrectly linking memories to their source
- memory misattribution
- source amnesia
- crytomnesia

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Memory misattribution

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information is correctly remembered but mistakenly associated with an incorrect source
ex. Joe told me the party was today (when it was actually Jane)

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Source Amnesia

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when information is correctly remembered, but the source is not remembered at all
ex. I know the party is today, but I have no idea how I know that

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Cryptomnesia

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mistakenly remembering someone else’s ideas as one’s own
ex. It was my idea to have the party (when it was actually Jane’s)

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false memories

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memories can be modified and manipulated after encoding
- Wade et al. photoshopped kids into photos of events they had never really participated in.
After viewing the photos, kids claimed the event had really happened and “remembered” details not contained in the photos.

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consolidation

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strengthening the stability of stored information
- each use of a memory makes it fragile again, requiring reconsolidation to once again keep it permanently

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sensory cortex

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first cortical processing center for a sense

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associative cortex

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connecting the primary cortices

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Episodic

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specific autobiographical events
Ex first concert

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Semantic

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facts and general knowledge (Yanks WS titles)
- both episodic and semantic memories depend on e/o

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Declarative

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explicit
- can relate back to others
Ex current president

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Non-declarative

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Implicit
Hard to relate back to others
Ex how to walk, ride a bike

PSY 327 - Memory (7 decks)

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