PSYA02H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Amygdala, Anterograde Amnesia, Retrograde Amnesia
Chapter 7: MEMORY
Memory
Declarative memories (or explicit memories) - memories that we are consciously aware of and
that can be verbalized, including facts about the world and one’s own personal experiences
These include:
Episodic memories - declarative memories for personal experiences that seem to be organized
around “episodes” and are recalled from a first-person (“I” or “my”) perspective.
•Ex; first day of university, party you went to last month, and watching Olympics
Semantic memories - declarative memories that include facts about the world.
•Examples knowing that Halifax is the capital of Nova Scotia, that Sean Connery was the
first actor to play James Bond, and that bananas are (generally) yellow
•Semantic memory is your knowledge of what a bike is, whereas episodic memory is the
memory of a specific time when you rode a bike.
Nondeclarative memories (or implicit memories) - actions or behaviors that you can
remember and perform without awareness.
Clive wearing-Hippocampus
Episodic memories become semantic memories
These Include:
Procedural memories - patterns of muscle movements (motor memory) such as how to walk,
play piano, or drive a car.
•Priming, hinting at something or influence
•people get older, episodic memory declines more rapidly than their semantic
The Cognitive Neuroscience of memory
Bio psychosocial model
“Cells that fire together, wire together”
Long-term potentiation (LTP) - enduring increase in connectivity and transmission of neural
signals between nerve cells that fire together
•electrically stimulated 2 neurons in rabbit’s hippocampus—key memory structure of brain located
in area called medial temporal lobes
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Declarative memories (or explicit memories) - memories that we are consciously aware of and that can be verbalized, including facts about the world and one"s own personal experiences. Semantic memories - declarative memories that include facts about the world: examples knowing that halifax is the capital of nova scotia, that sean connery was the. Rst actor to play james bond, and that bananas are (generally) yellow: semantic memory is your knowledge of what a bike is, whereas episodic memory is the memory of a speci c time when you rode a bike. Nondeclarative memories (or implicit memories) - actions or behaviors that you can remember and perform without awareness. Procedural memories - patterns of muscle movements (motor memory) such as how to walk, play piano, or drive a car: priming, hinting at something or in uence people get older, episodic memory declines more rapidly than their semantic. Amnesia profound loss of at least 1 form of memory.
