CAS PS 241 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Hypothalamus, Neuroglia, Epiphyseal Plate
18 Oct 2016
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Ps241- lecture 10- infant memory and physical growth. Researchers look at recall over recognition in this method. Researchers do a task in front of an infant and test if they recall it later. Found that older infants encode information faster. Require fewer trials to be able to imitate an action. Older infants exploit a wider range of retrieval cues. Context and stimulus don"t matter as much for older infants. Younger infants tend to store more irrelevant information that disrupts learning the actual task. Forgotten memories can be retrieved through the presentation of a reminder. Growth: age related changes in an organism. Plot of average height/weight at each age. Rate of growth from one age to another. Fastest is 0-2, next peak is adolescence. Head size is bigger in proportion when younger. Control comes from the center of body first, then moves to pincher. Growth tends to return to its original path even if we get thrown off course.
