Introduction to Memory
, Hyperthymestic memory – super memory
Amnesic memory – no memory
Memory is essential to function
No future without it, can’t predict behaviour
In a void – no past either
Retrograde amnesia – forget old memories
Anterograde – can’t form new ones
Declarative (explicit) memory – facts, events, what you can tell
Non-declarative (implicit) – habitual, procedural – basal ganglia
Autobiographical memory – memory of own self
Encoding – formation of memory
Consolidation – representation of memory
Learning – change in an organism’s behaviour as a result of experience Memory
trace – mental representation of a previous experience
Maguire
Hippocampus taxi driver – more brain matter activated the longer you have been a taxi
driver, compared to bus drivers
Only taxi drivers had greater grey matter volume in posterior (navigation) and less in anterior
(visuo-spatial info) compared to bus drivers
Navigation has an effect on brain – changes structure
, Hyperthymestic memory – super memory
Amnesic memory – no memory
Memory is essential to function
No future without it, can’t predict behaviour
In a void – no past either
Retrograde amnesia – forget old memories
Anterograde – can’t form new ones
Declarative (explicit) memory – facts, events, what you can tell
Non-declarative (implicit) – habitual, procedural – basal ganglia
Autobiographical memory – memory of own self
Encoding – formation of memory
Consolidation – representation of memory
Learning – change in an organism’s behaviour as a result of experience Memory
trace – mental representation of a previous experience
Maguire
Hippocampus taxi driver – more brain matter activated the longer you have been a taxi
driver, compared to bus drivers
Only taxi drivers had greater grey matter volume in posterior (navigation) and less in anterior
(visuo-spatial info) compared to bus drivers
Navigation has an effect on brain – changes structure
