ENGR 19500 : unnamed
Document Summary
Long-term memory: the system used to maintain information for extended periods of time. Procedural: to promote effective long-term storage, it"s necessary to encode information in a why that makes it easy to retrieve! Types of memories: episodic memory- a memory for a particular event/episode that happened to you personally. Why come to class: form of mental time travel. Types of memories: semantic memory- what you know about the world. Not tied to a personal experience: stores facts. Types of memories: procedural memory- knowledge of how to do things. Ride a bike: rarely produce any conscious experience of remembering, very hard to report, resistant to amnesia. Elaboration: what is the best way to remember something over the long term, if you want to remember something- relate it to something you already know. Elaboration: when you relate new information to the already stored contents of ltm, 2 reasons. 1. helps establish retrieval cues that ease later recovery.
