COGS 100 Study Guide - Final Guide: Visual Cortex, Mnemonic
19 Dec 2017
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Humans have two types of memory: natural memory. Acquired through learning and practice of mnemonic techniques. Memory systems categorized into four parts: coding, recall, capacity, storage duration. Memory process: perception of stimuli, encoding, engram, consolidation, long-term potentiation, storage, recognition/inference/reconstruction, recall/retrieval. Richard sermon: memory is encoded as an engram, a physical trace of experience, and it is left upon a web of neurons. Iconic memory: visual sensory stored with a duration of less than 1 second, has a high capacity for storing most of the info seen in the visual field, short lived and fades rapidly o. Echoic memory: auditory sensory stored with a duration of several seconds long. Implicit/procedural memory: holds knowledge that can be used unconsciously. Explicit/declarative memory: holds memories for facts or events that is used consciously. Episodic memory: personally experienced memories, and is organized temporarily or spatially. Semantic memory: factual knowledge in general, organized hierarchically or in context with other knowledge.
