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CHAPTER 5: MEMORY

Memory: nervous system’s capacity to acquire and retain skills and knowledge for later retrieval

Process of memory: Encoding, storage, and retrieval p. 218

Encoding: putting information in (pp. 218-224)

Distribution and practice influence efficacy of encoding; know brain parts and function to predict encoding routes

Storing: housing information in the brain and keeping this information accessible

Lashley, K. (1950) mazes and rats and brains

Synaptic Changes

Stress Hormones and Memory

The Hippocampus (stress = decrease)

The Amygdala (stress = increase)

Retrieval: getting stored information out of the brain p. 255

Retrieval Cues—mnemonics pp. 222-223

Association areas p. 74

Mood congruent memory p. 222

Types of memory: Short-Term Memory (p. 206): Sensory (p. 202) and Working Memory (p. 208) , and Long-Term Memory (p. 209)

LTM types in detail p. 210

Automatic Processing—implicit, unconscious, procedural LTM

(unconscious, low effort; often the cerebellum and basal ganglia for movement)

Effortful Processing—explicit, conscious knowledge, declarative LTM

(conscious effort needed, procedures and associations; often the hippocampus)

Improving Memory

Know your brain!

Distribute study time—no cramming

Apply concepts to yourself and others you know

Minimize interference—no multitasking (newspaper and music)

Mnemonics

Sleep more

Exercise each day

Acetylcholine (nutrition)

Test yourself—use the textbook for this too