PSYA01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Anterograde Amnesia, Occipital Lobe, Cortisol
20 Oct 2013
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Memory is the ability to store and retrieve information over time. Memories are constructed, not recorded (combining new with old info), and encoding is the process by which we transform what we perceive, think, or feel into an enduring memory. 3 types of encoding processes elaborative, visual imagery, and organizational. How we remember something depends on how we think of it at the time. Semantic judgments require us to think of the meaning of the words, rhyme judgments require us to think of the sound of the words, and visual judgments require us to think about the appearance of the words. The type of judgment impacts our memories of the words. This suggests that long-term retention is greatly enhanced by elaborative encoding (the process of actively relating new info to knowledge already stored in memory). Elaborative encoding is associated w/ increased activity in the lower left part of the frontal lobe and the inner part of the left temporal lobe.
