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Memory Models and Research Methods U
Memory Models and Research Methods U
Memory
• is the means by which we retain and
draw on our past experiences to use
this information in the present.
BASIC CONCEPTS
• Memory
– As a process, memory refers to the dynamic
mechanisms associated with retaining
common operations of memory:
• Encoding – you transform sensory data into a form
of mental representation
• Storage – you keep encoded information in
memory
• Retrieval – you pull out or use information stored in
memory
1. TASKS USED FOR MEASURING
MEMORY
Recall Versus Recognition Tasks
• Recall
– You have to reproduce a fact, a word, or other
item from memory
• Recognition
– You have to select or otherwise identify an
item as being one that you learned previously
– Recognition is usually much better than recall
IMPLICIT VS EXPLICIT MEMORY TASKS
1. Explicit-memory tasks
• You must consciously recall or recognize
particular information
1. Declarative-knowledge tasks
- you must recall facts
- What is your first name?
2. Recall tasks
- you must produce a fact, a word or other item
from memory
- Dysfunction of the basal ganglia is known to cause
.
IMPLICIT VS EXPLICIT MEMORY TASKS
1. Explicit-memory tasks (cont.)
3. Serial-recall tasks
-you must repeat the items in a list in the exact order in
which you heard or read them
- If you were shown the digits 3-4-2-5-6, you would
be expected to repeat “3-4-2-5-6
4. Free-recall tasks
-you must repeat the items in a list n any order in which
you can recall them
- If you were presented with the digits 3-4-2-5-6, you
would receive full credit if you repeated “4-2-3-6-5”
IMPLICIT VS EXPLICIT MEMORY TASKS
1. Explicit-memory tasks (cont.)
5. Cued-recall task
- you must memorize a list of paired items; then
when you are given one item in the pair, you must
recall the pair for that item
-list of pairs: “book-pen, dog-table”; when given the
stimulus “book” you would be expected to say “pen”
6. Recognition tasks
- you must select or otherwise identify an item
as being one that you learned previously
- multiple choice test
IMPLICIT VS EXPLICIT MEMORY TASKS
2. Implicit memory tasks
- You must draw on information in memory
without consciously realizing that you are
doing so
IMPLICIT VS EXPLICIT MEMORY TASKS
2. Implicit memory tasks (cont.)
1. Word completion tasks
- you are presented with a word fragment, such as
the first three letters of a word and you are asked
to complete the word
- e.g. BOO_
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1. TRADITIONAL MODEL OF MEMORY
3. Long-Term Store
• Store of memories that stay with us over long
periods, perhaps indefinitely
• Wilder Penfield
– Performed operations on the brains of conscious
patients afflicted with epilepsy
– used electrical stimulation of various parts of the
cerebral cortex to locate the origins of each patient’s
problem
– Patients sometimes would appear to recall memories
from way back in their childhoods that may not have
been called to mind for many years
2. THE LEVELS OF PROCESSING
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