| Chapter 6: Memory * Organization in long-term memory: Related terms are stored in networks -> may lead to false memories due to automatic spreading activation - Examplars: Best representatives of a category - Retrieval inhibition: Retrieving a piece of information inhibits retrieval of related information Schemas: general frameworks, guiding principles based on previous experience -> can be good, as they allow us to make assumptions in a given situation -> can be bad as they can bias our encoding and retrieval of events * Forgetting: Anterograde amnesia: cannot form new long-term memories Retrograde amnesia: cannot remember anything prior to brain damage. Procedural memories often remain intact (but not always). => Different brain structures are involved in encoding, storage, and retrieval of information. |