Memory

Memory

1. processes in memory

   • encoding
   • storage
   • retreival

2. Interference in working memory recall

   • retroactive interference
     • new information interfering with old
   • Proactive interference
     • old interferes with new

3. primacy and recency

   • when presented with lots of information in a serial order we remember more of the beginning and end

4. Long term memory

   • in general meaning is encoded rather than imformation
   • storing to long term memory is know as consolidation
   • retrieval
     • good filing system
     • affected by interference
     • levels of processing, organisation and context affect retrieval

5. recognition and recall

   • recognition = sensing a stimulus has previously been encountered
   • recall = reconstructing stimulus using information available

6. Amnesia

   • Anterograde
   • Retrograde

7. factors affecting recall in clinical context

   • primacy/recency
   • important
   • less
   • short words or sentences
   • organised
   • repeated
   • explicit and concrete