Memory theories

Created by: Amina Allouch
Created on: 28-05-13 14:30

What is memory?

Memory: a storage system that retains images, concepts and knowledge when the stimuli which created it no longer exist in consciousness. It depends on three sequential processes: It is essential to our identity.

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What is storage?

rocess of the brain converting information into a form (electrochemical code) that allows it to be stored in our memory.

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The Hippocampus is responsible for...

The hippocampus plays a large role in the consolidation of STM to LTM, as evidenced by patients who have suffered damage to the hippocampus that has resulted in anterograde amnesia

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Suggest three reasons for the memory decline that can occur as healthy people get older

1. The functional of the CNS loses efficiency and so processing of information is reduced ( this is known as cognitive learning). 2. The level of confidence in their memory lowers and this may lead to a self-fulfilling prophecy. 3. Motivation

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The two types of declarative memory are:

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What is storage?

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rocess of the brain converting information into a form (electrochemical code) that allows it to be stored in our memory.

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The Hippocampus is responsible for...

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Suggest three reasons for the memory decline that can occur as healthy people get older

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The two types of declarative memory are:

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