COGNITIVE PROCESSES EXAM 2

Components of Working Memory

A. viuospatial sketch pad B. phonological loop C. Central executive

Two Types of Rehearsal

A.Maintenance/rote rehearsal B. Elaborative rehearsal

ECHOIC MEMORY

auditory sensory memory: hearing systems recording of the echo of how things sound.

Which type of rehearsal is more effective? Why?

elaborative; focus on meaning makes it more likely to transfer to LTM

What are the two types of declarative memory?

episodic and semantic

LONG TERM POTENTIAL

has many NEW neurons

Brown-Pterson Task was developed to measure

how long STM can store info w/o rehearsal.

What is synaptic consolidation?

immediate change in some synaptic connections when you start to learn something new

What are memories without conscious awareness?

implicit memory

What is declarative memory?

information you are conscious of

Capacity of STM

is 7 items

EXECUTIVE MEMORY

is part of WM where its sandwiched in b/w phological loop and sketchpad. Suppresses irrelevant information Aids in transfer of information to LTM.

The main idea behind long-term potentiation

is that learning leads to enhanced firing of neurons.

PHYSIOLOGICAL STUDIES INIDICATE THAT THE DAMAGE TO THE AREA OF THE BRAIN

known as prefrontal cortex, can distrupt working memory

Elaborative rehearsal

to fashion from the raw material to work out in detail, give finish or completeness to. Forming images Creating a story

Defining characteristics of implicit memory is that

we are not conscious that we are using it.

In Conrad's 1964 study, participants

were more likely to confuse the letters "P" and "B" than the letters "P" and "R" .

What are the 2 tasks used by Sperling?

whole-report and partial-report

How long does short-term memory last?

with rehearsal, as long as needed; without rehearsal, 15-30 second

Working memory differs from STM in that

working memory consists of multiple components.

the following is an effective tool for learning

writing shit in your own words

counting task and Serial Position Curve

you can see a primary effect but n recency effect. prevented people from rehearsing the last few words, so they faded from memory

A. subvocal rehearsal

you repeat it to yourself, "carrot" then you refresh it an put it back in the loop

Type of info that will be stored in SEMANTIC MEMORY

the name of the 1st 5 presidents of the U.S.

Conrad 1964 presented people with lists of letters to remember. He found that people were most likely to confuse a "P" with an

"B"

Example of Episodic Memory

"I REMEMBER THE DAY WE LEARNED ABOUT HOW TALKING ON CELLPHONES CAN IMPAIR DRIVING ABILITY

ATKINSON & SHIFFRIN 1968

"Modal" model of memory 1. INPUT (ENCODE IN MEMORY) 2. SENSORY MEMORY 3. RETRIEVE

Results of Chase and Simon's (1973a, 1973b) chess memory experiment.

(a) The chess master is better at reproducing actual game positions. (b) Master's performance drops to level of beginner when pieces are arranged randomly. The chess masters aren't better with the pieces per se, but the game positions make sense to them, so they see meaning. The random positions are meaningless, so they are no better than beginners.

DURATION OF STM

15-30 sec.

The capacity of STM is about how many items?

7

Memory Capacity of STM

7 =-2 items

SPERLING 1960 SENSORY MEMORY

9/12 IS GREAT MEMORY, you will start off will storing a lot of letter but after a while, it will decay. CUE PROCESS: the closer the cue appears after the letters disappear is imp. Reason why memory decreases over time due to DELAY of appearance of the arrow. has to do will RECALL .

Levels of Processing Theory

A. Shallow processing: b. Deep processing:

PROBLEM W/ STM

A. Word-length B. Phonological similarity, they might sound similar but harder to remember. C. Articulatory suppression: the longer it takes you to repeat the longer you are taking up Subvocal rehearsal. D. Linguistic Differences: Language usage.

This amnesia involves trouble learning new info

Anterograde

Encoding

Auditory code: What does it sound like? Visual code: What does it look like? Semantic code: What does it mean? A.V.S.

Primacy effect

Better recall of the first several items on a list.

Recency effect

Better recall of the last few items on a list.

Most likely cause the Recency Effect to disappear

Counting Backwards for 30 sec before recall

Auditory Code Conrad (1964)

DEMO : Letters coded based on sound. some people might get confused. Must have store letters based on what they sound like, even though presentation was visual. Demonstrates the existence of auditory codes. We are able to say words internally not externally.

"Brown-Peterson Task"

DURATION OF STM ; Found that STM lasts about 15-20 seconds without rehearsal.

We are consciously aware of..

Declarative memories

Statement that is associated with levels of processing theory

Deep processing takes longer than shallow processing and results in better memory

WM and the Brain

EX: monkeys, neurons in the frontal lobe still fire after the item disappears. EX: humans, nuerons fire in the temporal lobe and parietal lobe.

If you learned a word while exercising, you will then be more likely to remember that when you are not exercising

Encoding Specificity

Patient H.M. illustrates that it is crucial for formation of new long term memory in the

Hippocampus

Repetition Priming TULVING 1982

If you showed someone a list of words, they are more likely to unconsciously remember more words the next time.

Sperling's delayed partial-report procedure provided evidence that

Information in sensory memory fades in less than a second.

Your text describes an "Italian woman" who, after an attack of encephalitis, had difficulty remembering people or facts she knew before. She could, however, remember her life events and daily tasks. Her memory behavior reflects..

Intact episodic memory but defective semantic memory.

Which of the following correctly describes the word-length effect?

It is harder to remember lists of longer words than lists of shorter words.

Encoding in the Brain

Learning in the brain involves changes at synapses New connections formed Previously formed connections can become stronger

According to the levels of processing theory..

Making a connection between each word and so mething you've previously learned. This is the best long-term memory task for a set of words.

AMYGDALA

Memory for Emotional Stimuli (may enhance consolidation) this is next to the Hippocampus.

Consolidation

PROCESS OF MAKING MEMORIES STRONGER AND LESS FRAGILE

Visual Code Posner & Keele (1967)

Present two letters, one after the other. Participants indicate whether or not they are the same letter. A-A SAME FAST A-a SAME LETTER, different shape FAST A-M Different letter and shape SLOW RESULTS: Visually identical is faster. Note that if coding was auditory only, there would be no difference. Since they can tell that A-a are the same, there must be some other coding as well, but the main point is that there must be visual code.

Real-World Memory Tasks

Q: What kind of task is a: Short-answer question= recall Multiple-choice question= recognition

Example of Maintenance Rehearsal

Repeating a word over and over again

Maintenance Rehearsal

Repeating information again and again Superficial processing

If a politician memorizes a speech that they have to give later on in the day. During this event, she can bring the spech to mind, even if she knows it. This example is a failure of ..

Retrieval memory

This amnesia involves forgetting older information

Retrograde

Ericcson et al. (1989) studied a student they called "S.F."

S.F. was a distance runner, so he knew decent times for different distances. He chunked the digits into meaningful running times. Before he remembered 7 #. After training, he was able to remember 79 #'s with practice.

In Sperlings Partial Report Task, with a 1000- millisecond delay, participants will mostly rely on

STM

SPERLING 1960

STM STUDY; Q: how many letters can you store in short time? A: average 4-5 . TESTED SENSORY MEMORY : A. Whole Report Procedure B. Partial Report Procedure

What did Conrad's experiment show?

STM can store auditory codes

DIFFERNCE B/W WM AND STM

STM is a single component WM consists of multiple parts

Components of Modal model memory

Sensory memory - STM - LTM

Is a plot of memory for words as a function of the order in which the words were presented.

Serial Position Curve

Visuospatial Sketch Pad

Stores visual and spatial information. Now called Visual working memory. This is what the professor is studying. A.visual = images B. spatial = locations

Long-term potentiation (LTP)

THEORY OF HOW YOU MAKE NEW MEMORIES :) . The record next to the electrode indicates the rate of firing in the axon of neuron B. (b) As the stimulus is repeated structural changes are beginning to occur. (c) After many repetitions, more complex connections have developed between the two neurons, which causes an increase in the firing rate, even though the stimulus is the same that was presented in (a).

WORKING MEMORY (Braddley)

The idea of WM was developed to get people away from the idea of STM as a passive receptacle for information. It's "working" to keep information and store it efficiently, and it's transforming the information as needed.

Encoding Specificity

The situation in which the memory was encoded influences how it can be retrieved later.

Testing LTM

Two types of memory tests: A. recall b. recognition: do you remember later on if you've seen the word before? 50%

ICONIC MEMORY

Visual sensory memory : photograph of the shape of how things look..not meaningful or processing here

Semantic Code Shulman (1970)

Visually present a list of words. Show subjects a word and ask whether it had been on the list. Another recognition memory task. RESULTS: Synonym errors: Confuse "talk" for "speak" Confuse "pain" for "hurt" based on MEANING!!!!!!!

Sachs' Conclusions

We tend to remember meaning. We disregard details, such as grammar.

Welsh speakers have smaller digit spans than English speakers because

Welsh digits take longer to pronounce than English digits.

PHONOLOGICAL LOOP BRADDLEY

You remember verbal information by saying things to yourself repeatedly. A. subvocal rehearsal B. phonological store

How long does sensory memory last?

about half a second (500 milliseconds)

B. phonological store

allow loop to refresh, if the word "carrot" isnt repeated, then it will decay.

The serial position curve plots

recall accuracy as a function of the order in which words were presented.

chunking

capacity is not increasing. You are using the same amount of space more efficiently.

Deep processing

close attention to meaning (good memory)

SPERLING 1960 B. Partial Report Procedure

cue indicates which letter(s) to report. Cue directs attention . It is possible that we only remember 4/12 letters which is normal. EX: "only report the top row"

Hippocampus

does play a critical role in forming new memories

The generation effect in memory refers to

ease of remembering info that you come up with yourself.

Recency Effect is attributed to

recall info from STM

A participant in a study is given a list of words to remember. One week later she attempts to recall the list. If one of the words from the original list was "big". Which of the fllowing , none that were on the list ,would she most likely mistaken for "big" ?

large

Shallow processing:

little attention to meaning (poor memory)

SPERLINGS PARTIAL REPORT TASK

main purpose cue is to tell subjects which letters to report.

What are the two types of rehearsal?

maintenance rehearsal and elaborative rehearsal

What is the generation effect?

material you generate yourself is easier to remember

The name of the memory model that serves as the basis for most research on memory is the ..

modal model of memory

which illustrates double dissociation b/w episodic memory and semantic memory?

one patient that has difficulty remembering what he ate for breakfast or where he went yesterday, but can define words he knows; another patient can remember events from his life but has trouble defining words.

What are the 3 components of working memory?

phonological loop, visuospatial sketchpad, central executive

What are the parts of auditory/verbal WM?

phonological store, subvocal rehearsal

What are memories for skills?

procedural memory

What do you need to find information in LTM?

retrieval cues

What helps us find information in LTM

retrieval cues

What kind of information is stored in LTM?

semantic (meaning)

What are the 3 stages in the Modal Model?

sensory memory, short-term memory, long-term memory

Duration of LTM

some things you know temporarily, but you may not be thinking about them, so they are not in STM. Some items may be lost. it can be permanent.

SENSORY MEMORY

store how you look,hear the world briefly. Photograph is temporary. Decays quickly, but takes in everything by our senses.

The primary benefit of chunking is to..

store information in STM more efficiently.

in working class memory, articulatory suppression interferes with memory because it distrupts

subvocal rehearsal

when we learn something new, the connections b/w individual neurons begin to change almost immediately by becoming weaker or stronger. this type of change is known as..

synaptic consolidation

STM

temporary storage! lasts longer but stores less information, but has more meaningful information

Chase & Simon 1973 found that chess experts were better than beginners in their memory task because

the experts were better at chunking chess pieces together.

Patient H.M. clearly illustrates that..

the hippocampus is crucial for the form of new long-term memories.

Modal Model of Memory the word "modal" refers to ..

the models popularity