Memory (Human)

Short-term memory

working memory

Sight

Sound

Taste

Touch

Smell

Long-term memory

Explicit Memory-Conscious awareness of a person.

Declarative Memory- This is based on facts and events only.

Implicit Memory- unconscious awareness of a person.

Procedural memory- This is based on skills and tasked which are performed regularly.

Storage

Rehearsal

Maintenance- repetition with little of no interpretation.

Elaborative- when the stimulus maybe linked with other information.

Retrieval- it is referred as retention of stored memory

Recall-ability to remember when asked

Recognition-ability to notice info

Relearning-a measure of how long it takes to learn something back from past knowledge.

Amnesia-inability to remember the information.

Retrograde-loss of memory were formed before the event

Anterograde- where you can't form new memories after the event

False memory-when our brain is traumatized, so cannot recollect memory right.

tragic event- This could lead into false sensations.

Eye witness testimony- primary example of it.

Common phenomenon observed

TOT- Tip-of-tongue phenomenon is like you experience of knowing something but being unable to access

Encoding Specificity- Phenomenon of remembering something better when conditions are same as information was analysed.

Memory deterioration- This is often normal with aging but could be observed in diseased young individuals.

Alzheimer's diseases is a progressive disorder which can affects memory, thinking, and behavior

Multiple Sclerosis- a chronic disease that affects the central nervous system causing poor coordination.

Biology of memory

LTP and Hipocampus-a stable facilitation of synaptic potentials after high-frequency synaptic activity.

LTP and glutamate-synaptic plasticity where a persistent strengthening of synapses based on recent patterns of activity occurs.

Technology by which we can check brain function

Functional MRI- how different region of brain are working.

Computed tomography of brain helps us to see any unusual damage to brain.

Memory overtime when you grow-up

Meta memory- Knowledge of our own memory

Knowledge and related inferential processes, spanning from simple types of perception to complex forms of thinking, are referred to as cognition.

Hypnosis- process to getting someone out of their conscious state.

Fact- It can help from anxiety, depression, phobias, and addiction. It can also be used to manage pain and improve sleep.

Myth- hypnotist cannot control the person's mind or make them do anything they don't want to do

Psychedelics- They are the hallucinogenic drugs

Marijuana- Also know as pot and make you "high", and unconscious.

LSD- Chemically synthesised drug which binds to specific brain cell receptors and alters how the brain responds to serotonin,

How sleep affects memory and the neural coordination

A person needs 8 hrs of sleep to function well on average.

Some humans have mutations on ADRB1 and can actually work optimally on 4 hrs of sleep on average.

Stimulants- Anything that can stimulate nervous system

Nicotine- Most common type (people getting from cigarettes)

Cocaine- It is most powerful natural stimulant which can make person euphoric and enhance mental and physical capacity.

Amphetamines- They are subjective to use of a person.

Increased in dopamine ruse and makes person more conscious.

This is extensively used in prescription drugs used for ADHD.