lecture 1

• Episodic Memory


  Memory of personal life experiences (what where when)
• Semantic Memory


  The recollection of ideas, concepts and facts
• Autobiographical Memory


  Memory for one's personal history, a combination of episodic and semantic memory
• Emotional Memory


  Emotion-memory interactions, often important in episodic memory
• Encoding, Storage and Retrieval


  1. Encoding: Conversion of information into a form that can be stored in memory

  2. Storage: Creation of a trace of this information within the nervous system

  3. Retrieval: Attempt to recover a memory trace
• Hermann Ebbinghaus


  First person to investigate memory scientifically and systematically
• Forgetting curve


  Ebbinghaus's findings on the retention of nonsense syllables over time
• Nonsense Syllables


  • juz
  • bul
  • gof
• Problems with a unitary model of memory
• Memory involves input - encoding, storage, retrieval, forgetting, and output
• A unitary model of memory involves encoding, retention for decades, and massive capacity
• Memory is the recording of the past for later use in the present
• Memory could include the changes in our brains that encode experience, the information stored in our genes, the stories we tell, and our cultural practices