2008-02-13

Clustering and conceptual hierarchies Schemas and scripts Semantic networks Connectionist networks and PDP models Tip of the tongue phenomena - and what about social tip of the tongue syndrome? You are sharing your cues with the other person, giving them the same gap of the puzzles. Failure in retrieval Retrieval cues Recalling an event Context cues Reconstruction memories Source monitoring, reality monitoring - misinformation effect Loftus on repression and the misinformation effect (faked, false memories due to framing and how it's presented). And then schemas, what you expect to be there. Retention - the proportion of material retained - Recall - no help, you construct it - Recognition - Relearning Ebbinghaus' Forgetting Curve - no semantic coding, no deep processing, he wanted to see how long the decay would take. -- The harder you study something that has no meaning, the easier it is to forget. Ineffective encoding Decay theory Interference theory - Proactive - Retroactive Retrieval Failure Encoding specificity -- being too specific can be a retrieval problem Transfer-Appropriate Processing -- the connections don't make sense even to you (random) Repression - Authenticity of repressed memories - Memory illusions - Controversy Biochemistry of memory - Alternation in synaptic transmission -- Hormones modulating neurotransmitter systems -- Protein synthesis Neural circuitry - Localized neural circuits -- Reusable pathways in the brain - Long term potentiation Memory is proteins. Puckett claims that the proteins are actually floating around, and a copy of each memory is hidden throughout the brain as physical constructs ... There is an intimate connection between emotion and memory because the hippocampus and amgydala are related to the emotions. There is also a relation to the olfactory system. Smells are linked to emotions. If you want somebody to remember you, pair a scent with an event. Skunk Valentine's Memory systems Declarative vs. procedural Semantic vs. episodic Prospective vs. Retrospective HGH for bulk-up steroids -------------------------------------------------------------------------