cognitive psyc part 2

False memory

Memory of events that did not happen; but are accepted as real memory by the person doing the remembering

• Deese, Roediger, and McDermott effect

Activation Monitor Network

Probability of falsely recalling non presented critical item depends both on semantic activation of the items and on failure of source monitoring

Semantic Activation Process

The critical item may come to mind through an automatic process of spreading activation

Monitor Process

Even when the critical item comes to mind, effective monitoring can reduce the false memory effect

Amnesia is caused by

Caused by damage to the hippocampal system, including the hippocampus, amygdala, and entorhinal

Anterograde Amnesia

Inability to learn new information after trauma

Retrograde Amnesia

Inability to retrieve information prior to trauma

Old and New info regarding amnesia

New information is more vulnerable, old information is more intact

Spreading Activation

Activation spreads from sources to other parts of the memory network (Other Nodes of The Network) through the links