PSY270H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Synapse, Interference Theory, Memory Consolidation
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Encode: placing info in the memory (refer to cognition) Consolidation refer more to what is happening in the neuronal level: putting info in the memory at the neuronal level. Three types of consolidation : synaptic consolidation occurs at the neuronal level and is fast-acting. What happen btw neurons: systems consolidation involves multiple brain structures and can take decades. Consolidating memory across different brain areas: reconsolidation occurs when a memory is reactivated but over a much shorter time course. Already the person has consolidated the memory we retrieved the memory and we have to reconsolidate the memory. Each time we retrieve the memory memory become susceptible to including new information. Each time we retrieve can change the memory and may include the wrong information. Long-term potentiation(ltp) increases the sensitivity of post-synaptic neurons by causing structural changes more receptors at the post synaptic cell. In here ltp can occur cross number of different brain areas.
