Sorry today's notes are a little bit lower quality cuz I was so sick and had a fever. But still contains most of the exmaple that covered in class.
There are lots of different kinds of memory in addition to remembering specific episodes from our past. Brain injuries can disrupt memory in different ways, and for different types of information.
Clive Wearing - has global amnesia; he lives in the present.
He cannot form or register new memories, and has no recollection of past events (episodic memory).
He only has 7 seconds of Memory
But notice, he still knows
In rare cases, people display extremely accurate memory for episodes from their own lives.
Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory
He can tell every single thing and every.
His memory is still flawed and can be inaccurate. However, he can remember way more information than we.
He can remember clearly the information that he is very interested in.
Structural brain changes: areas of hippocampus became larger after completing ‘the knowledge’ – if they succeeded
There are three interacting phases of processing involved in memory: encoding, storage, and retrieval
