PSYCO104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 28: Episodic Memory, Parietal Lobe, Encephalitis

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCO104
• Professor: Eric Legge

Document Summary

Serial position effect: a u-shaped graph produced when recalling word lists can see primary and recency effects (the latter which is eliminated in a matter of 30 sec. ) Is dependent of words" position in a list. Primary: recalling early words: the first set of words we encounter is when stm has lots of free space, so rehearsal of items occurs without interference, due to ltm. Recency: recalling recent words: due to stm, types of long-term memory, declarative (explicit) memory. Factual knowledge can be verbalized (hence declare ) Both types are neurogically separated: episodic memory, personal memories (relieve) Episodes of life eg. eating pizza yesterday night. Can only maintain it for so long: semantic memory, general knowledge about world and language. Intact semantic memory from past: italian woman. Could remember what she did during day (episodic memory was fine: brain imaging studies. Blue = semantic: procedural (implicit) memory. Reflected in skills and actions: eg.