Lobes of the brain
This lobe of the brain processes sight. It is on the opposite side of the head from the eyes.
What is the occipital lobe?
Our center for memories, knowing where things are spatially, helps with learning.
A buffer memory system to host the incoming stream of information long enough for us to pay attention to it
What is sensory memory?
The change in behavior that results from experience
What is learning?
The process of moving a memory from STM to LTM
What is encoding?
This lobe of the brain processes sound. It contains the hippocampus, Wernicke’s area, and the amygdala.
What is the temporal lobe?
Where our emotions are active, it helps us feel fear.
What is the amygdala?
The set of mechanisms that underlie STM also communicates with long-term memory. The semipermanent memory store that aids us in learning new information.
What is working memory?
Experimented on himself, used nonsense syllables as the items to be remembered. Determined how many runs through a list of nonsense syllables it would take to recite a list perfectly.
Who is Ebbinghaus and his learning curve?
Aka Procedural memory, the ability to develop motor skills. Remembering or learning how to do things
What is implicit or non-declarative memory?
This lobe of the brain processes higher-level thinking, and it does not fully develop until about the age of 25.
What is the frontal lobe?
Tries to regulate our body's homeostasis. Reacts to changes in temperature, hunger, thirst, etc. Also plays a role in the SAM and HPAC systems.
Temporary storehouse/integrative system, gathers and combines information from the phonological loop, visuospatial sketchpad, and ltm
What is the episodic buffer?
A mental process can be compared with the operations of a computer. A mental process can be interpreted as information progressing through the system in a series of stages, one step at a time.
What is the information processing approach?
Has the memory of knowledge of facts, language, and the world. It also contains a type of memory ability to recall single personal events (memories for events that happened to you)
What is explicit or declarative memory? (Semantic and episodic memory)
This lobe of the brain processes what is around us, where we are in space, and how items feel.
What is the parietal lobe?
Helps us stay balanced. AKA the 'mini brain'.
What is the cerebellum?
Temporary storage of auditory information. Processes a limited number of sounds for a short period of time.
What is the phonological loop?
What you know now makes it difficult to recall something that occurred previously. New interferes with old.
What is retroactive interference? (Retro is actively interfered with)
Suggested that people can remember about 7 items, give or take two. Called a "chunk" a memory unit
Who is George Miller and his Magic number 7?
This part of the brain is present in all living animals. Controls our breathing, heart rate, and balance.
What is the brainstem?
Acts like the 'post office' for our brain. Relays information to the parts of the brain that need it.
What is the thalamus?
Processes both visual and spatial information, contains the visual cache (temporarily stores visual information) and the inner scribe (stores visual data and spatial info)
What is the Visuospatial Sketchpad?
Something you have already learned interferes with your ability to recall more recent events. (Old interfering with new)
What is proactive interference? (Pro is actively interfered with)