PSYC 2P45 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Circadian Rhythm, Episodic Memory, Spatial Memory
4 Apr 2016
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Video: nutcracker stored seeds and hid in water for later retrieval. Tested a year later and they could sill remember where they hid the seeds. Episodic memory in food catching ***on exam**: what, when, where- needs to include all three to be considered episodic memory, we remember certain events in our lives- sicks out in your memory- your sister"s wedding. Experiment with scrub jays (bird: worms (fresh dead worms) or peanuts, had both hidden. Fresh dead worms are perishable- really tasty at irst but not good a week later. Blue jays will watch other birds hide their food and go steal it. The birds that are stealing birds, they look around to see if other birds are watching. If they think a bird was watching it, they hide it somewhere else: good evidence for episodic memory- remember how they steal so think others will too. How do birds keep track of ime: we have an internal clock.
