PSYC 3330 Chapter 8: Chapter 8 retrieval

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3330
• Professor: Mark Fenske

Document Summary

Brown and mcneil (cid:862)tip of the to(cid:374)gue(cid:863) situatio(cid:374) feeling that you know something is a good indicator that you do. Damage to prefrontal cortex hinders recall even for very well learned information from across our lifespans. Successful access often relies upon retrieval mechanisms that help to isolate traces in memory, a function strongly reliant on cognitive control processes mediated by the prefrontal cortex. Target memory a particular fact, idea or experience. We usually have some idea of what we are looking for when searching for it. Retrieval is a progression from one or more cues to a target memory, with the aim of making that target available to influence ongoing cognition. Traces in memory believed to be linked to one another by connections associations or links. Associations are structural linkages between traces that vary in strength. Retrieval is progression from one or more cues to a target memory via associative connections. Memories can be retrieved from a variety of cues.