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14 Cards in this Set
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short term memory
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allows us to remember phone number just to dial it (a few minutes)
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hippocampus
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responsible for short-term memory
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sensory memory
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results from visual, auditory or olfactory input (last less than 1 second)
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long term potentiation
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results from long term memory- repeated input of knowledge-> repeated neuron stimulation-> cytological changes-> increase rate/magnitude of firing and neuron connections
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cerebral cortex
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where long term memory is stored
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frontal lobe
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responsible for integrating short and long term memory...ability to think ahead and predict consequences
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declaritive/explicit memory
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memory we have conscious awareness of accessing
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semantic
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type of declaritive: associated w/ words & numbers
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episodic
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type of declaritive: associated w/ emotions & sensations
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procedural/ implicit
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acquired and recalled subconsiously...acquired through repitition
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lobotomy
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destruction of frontal lobes (1900's)
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visual/spatial
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large hippocampus (london cab drivers)
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elephants & memory
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use memory to find underground water sources during drought. animals cannot plan ahead and create thought.
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long-term memory
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important info...entire life
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