A.P. PSYCHOLOGY
STORING AND RETRIEVING MEMORIES
5.2 NOTEBOOK
•__________________________________________________________________ is
essentially limitless.
•Memories are brain-based, but the brain distributes the components of a
memory _____________________________________________________.
•Some brain cells that fire when we experience something
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•BIG PICTURE: We don’t store info as libraries store books (single, precise
locations). Instead, brain NETWORKS
_________________________________________________________info that forms
memories.
•___________________________, conscious memories are either:
*________________________ facts/general knowledge, OR
*________________________ experienced events
•The brain network that __________________________________________ include the
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•When you summon a memory ___________________________________, input is
sent to your _________________________________________ (front part of the frontal
lobes) for working memory processing
•L and R frontal lobes process different types of memories:
*recalling a password and holding it in working memory would activate the
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*recalling a vivid scene at a party would activate the
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•___________________________________ temporal lobe neural center located in
the limbic system
•Kind of like a “save” button for ___________________________________
•Brain scans reveal activity in the hippocampus as people form explicit
memories of names, images, events
•Damage to the hippocampus disrupts the
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