PSY100H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Inductive Reasoning, Deductive Reasoning, Availability Heuristic
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They were then asked to recall those words on whether they were on land or underwater. If you can"t recreate your situation, you can mentally visualize the encoding environment can also work. Stress can interfere with context- dependent memory. Memories are stored in multiple regions of the brain and linked through memory circuits. Different memory systems use different brain regions. We"ve learned a lot about this when we study patients who"ve had a portion of their brain removed. For example, the text books makes an example of patient h. m. Reconsolidation: occurs every time a memory is activated. It may differ from the original memory. Because it is reconstructed and reconsolidated every time it"s recalled. If you"ve told a story from your childhood over and over again, chances are that it has been modified over time. Our memories get flawed and biased and changed from the original memory. Hippocampus: particularly important for spatial memory.
