long term memory

long term memory

1. input: episodic

   • things that happen to you
   • what you have done ...

2. declarative

   • explicit memory
     • retrieve or access stored information;: recognition and recall of past experiences
       • retrieval conditions
         • doesn't need to recall learning circumstances

3. Store and retain information faithfully:: Medial Temporal Lobe middle temporal gyrus Etymology: AS, middel + L, tempus, time;

   • k, gyros, turn the middle of three gyri of the temporal area of the surface of the brain. It runs horizontally between the inferior and superior temporal sulci of the temporal lobe. Mosby's Medical Dictionary, 8th edition. © 2009, Elsevier.f

4. implicit memory

   • procedural learning
   • an influence on behaviour, feelings & thoughts as a result of a prior experience, manifested without conscious recollection of the experience

5. next time: definitions for the types of memories and how they are acquired