Memory chapters 1-3

recall

generating the target memory without seeing or hearing the actual target memory

Recognition

identifying the target memory from a set of presented items

implicit memory measures

tests that draw on the nonconscious aspects of memory

Reaction time measures

measured amount of time required to preform a particular task

source judgments

our attributions from where or who we learned something

Neuropsychology

the study of patients with brain damage

animal models

aspects of learning and memory studied using animals subjects

Nueroimaging

allow researchers to make detailed maps of the human brain and assign function to them

EEG (electroencephalography

good for temporal resolution, not good for spatial resolution

MEG (magnetoencephalography)

good for temporal resolution, not good for spatial resolution

PET (Positron emission tomography)

poor temporal and spatial resolution

MRI/fMRI (magnetic resonance imaging)

good temporal and spatial imaging

TMS (transcranial magnetic stimulation)

Magnetic field used to induce electric currents in localized sites in the cortex

tDCS (trasncranial direct current stimulation

temporary changes in cortical activity are brought by an electric current

occipital lobe

visual processing and visually based memories

parietal lobe

somotosensory perception and attention, working memory, and prospective memory tasks

frontal lobe

reasoning and decision making

temporal lobe

learning, memory, language, encoding not storing memories

Iconic sensory memory

visual information

echoic sensory memory

auditory information

Capacity of iconic memory

george sperling: reporting earlier items results in loss of later info

capacity of working memory

George miller: 5-9 chunks

Central executive

visuospatial sketchpad, episodic buffer, phonological loop

articulatory suppression

interference with learning in a digit span task

engram

hypothetical physical unit of storage in memory