PSYCH 10 Quiz: SEARCHING FOR MEMORY.doc
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Searching for memory: outline: tesla motors; electric car, can a person retrieve a memory from a past experience without being aware that he or she is relying on memory, understanding memory"s fragile power. How is this organized in memory, mind and brain: study of patients with amnesia. Amnesia and normal subjects studied a list of common words, such as table or garden. When shown a list of words several minutes later, amnesia patients couldn"t remember which were on the original list. Yet, when simply provided the first 3 letters of the words, tab or gar, amnesia patients did much better than chance guessing, and often did as. 2: perhaps the 3 letters helped amnesia patients . from being confused by irrelevant memories that could interfere with recall. Interestingly, amnesia patients could not remember the prior list, and they acted as if they were guessing. They did not experience remembering: here is another interesting finding.
