PSYC3241 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Episodic Memory, Spatial Memory
30 May 2019
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See massive individual differences in response to trauma in humans. Mcmcallum et al looked at levels of depression in response to loss of loved one. Orcutt et al showed same sort of thing in female students following campus mass shooti. Drapeau et al examined neurogenesis in ages rats (10-11 months) Animals trained on place version of mwm- some were impaired, some were not. Found more neurons being born in hippocampus- differences in spatial memory. A some what similar result occurs in humans. Pudas et al examined brain differences during episodic memory task in successfu. Found successful ageing people showed better memory than average (impaired e. Everyone gets training but amount of training depends on how person responds to. Found about 1/3 of animals were fast, 1/3 were the middle, 1/3 were slow. At test, immediate test both groups show same response- good learning. Follow up experiment showed that mild relapse condition, slow group show relapse, str.
