PSYC 473S Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Aplysia Gill And Siphon Withdrawal Reflex, Dentate Gyrus, Synaptic Plasticity
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Table 1. important people in learning and memory. Explored how to establish and maintain memory, and discovered (1)recall declines within an hour and (2) space repetition was more effective than massed repetition. To study pure memory, invented nonsense syllable [vowel between two consonants, meaningless] in order to separate context from previously learned experience from what participant was being asked to remember. Documented 1st forgetting curve to create single and dual-trace theories. Using appropriately lengthed intervals of study, both devoted to learning and between learning sessions, can improve learning. Studied diseases of the brain and discovered (1) memories disappeared in an orderly fashion [recent personal habits/skills emotional] and (2) old memories are more resistant to disease/disruption than new memories (law) From studying syndrome of anterograde (can"t make new memories) amnesia from chronic alcoholism, he proposed that amnesia could be due to storage or retrieval failure. Also, late stage patients also have retrograde (lost memories from before disease) amnesia.
