Download 10.1 Encoding for memories

Memories: Encoding *Chinnici
• Sensations are encoded to form memories
• Encoding – transformation of information so
the nervous system can process it.
• Sensations from hearing, taste, sights, touch,
temperature, etc, are encoded to form
memories.
codes
• Acoustic – using sound to form memories
• Visual – using images to form memories
• Semantic – using meaning to form memories
acoustic codes
• saying something out loud, or to yourself
is a method of using acoustic codes.
visual codes
• using mental pictures to form memory –
locations, noticeable features, outstanding
colors, interesting shapes, lines, contours, etc.
semantic codes
• analyzing information to form meanings that
make sense to you and your method of
thinking.
storage
• Information stored over time
• The amount of information stored depends on
the amount of effort put spent rehearsing or
“memorizing”
retrieval
• Retrieving stored information (memories),
depends on how efficiently the info was
stored.
video
• How to Memorize Quickly
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTDxOhgTpQ
false memory videos
• Tedtalk: E. Loftus: Eyewitness Testimony
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PB2OegI
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• 60 mins: Eyewitness Testimony
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSBTRLoPuo
Primacy – Recency effect
• Our brain’s ability to better recall the
beginning and end of a list.
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Memory Centers in the Brain
• cerebral cortex – sight of short & long term memory
storage
• thalamus – information processing
• Hippocampus – in charge of transforming short term
memory into long-term memory
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amygdala – ability yo associate memories with
emotions.
thalamus
• the thalamus is a relay station
• all sensory information – except smell - is relayed
through the thalamus
All sensory signals
from eyes, ears and
skin enters through
the thalamus
thalamus
Memory Centers in the Brain
5 Questions: storing, processing, & retrieving memories.
1.
What parts of the brain are involved in remembering the date of a special
event?
2.
Which part of the brain processes images, sounds, tastes, and temperature
sensations to form memories?
3.
Where do memories of anger, sadness, and joy take place?
4.
Which part of the brain processes / stores long-term memories of
important events in our lives?
5.
Where does the transfer of facts from short-term to long-term take place?
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