L33 Psych 100B Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Henry Molaison, Temporal Lobe, Nmda Receptor
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Henry molaison (h. m. ) portions of the medial temporal lobe were removed serious memory damage. Basic model of how the mind remembers: the information processing model. Engram the physical site of memory storage: prefrontal cortex: working memory, hippocampus: spatial memory, temporal lobe: declarative memory, amygdala: fear learning, cerebellum: motor action learning and memory. Equipotentiality: memory is distributed throughout the brain rather than confined to any specific location. Potentiate to strengthen, to make something more potent. Nmda receptor glutamate receptor, opens only if a nearby neuron fires at the same time. Medial temporal lobes middle section of the temporal lobes, responsible for the formation of new memories. Retrieval, transformation, substitution make distinct and independent contributions to updating the contents of working memory. Memory span the limit amount of information a working memory can hold. Primacy effect the better memory that people have for items presented at the beginning of the list.
