AUPSY 263 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Thiamine, Anterograde Amnesia, Autobiographical Memory

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Augustana Faculty - Psychology
• Course: AUPSY 263
• Professor: Kathie Bailey

Document Summary

Damage to the hippocampus and surrounding brain regions. Explicit memory compromised, but implicit memory preserved. Shook an anterograde patients hand with a pin in his hand. Comes back in a few days patient does not remember meeting him, but refuses to shake his hand. Same effect with trivia questions and musical memories. Anterograde amnesia patient will not remember trivia question if presented more than once, but may remember the answer the second time. Patients will also likely rate songs/melodies and more favourable if they have heard them before, even though they do not remember hearing them before. Hippocampus damage associated with fear with no memory. Amygdala damage associated with memory with no fear. Learn to prepare for the retrieval type that we are going to use. Create multiple retrieval paths thinking about information from multiple perspectives. Hyperthymesia: people with total recall of everyday of their lives. Crashed into side of building in amsterdam.