PSYB57H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Memory Rehearsal, Memory Consolidation, Amygdala
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In 1992, a plane crashed into an apartment building. Ten months later, researchers questioned people about the crash, asking them whether they had seen the crash on. More than half of the participants said they d seen the crash on the tv special, even though none had ever been made. More people were questioned later in they d seen the tv special and they were also asked for details about the crash. Again, they said they d seen the special and were able to confidently give details about the crash. Memory is like a giant net with connections linking up nodes of information. Connections act as retrieval paths, guiding the search through memory. As more links are created between one episode and another, the two episodes are becoming closer and closer. This means that the boundary between the episodes may become blurred and you may lose track of what info came from where.
