Module 33

Module 33

1. Types of amnesia

   • Anterogade amnesia
     • Can't form new memories
   • Retrogade amnesia
     • Can't retrieve old memories

2. Types of interferences

   • Proactive interference
     • Prior learning blocks recall of new information
   • Retroactive interference
     • New learning blocks recall of old information

3. Memory construction error

   • Misinformation effect-incorporating misleading information into one's memory of an event
     • Elizabeth Loftus
       • "About how fast were the cars going when they hit/smashed each other?"

4. Source amnesia

   • attributing to the wrong source an event we have experienced

5. Deja vue

   • Unconsciously trigger retrieval of an earlier experience