π Unit 8 - Memory
Summary
Learning Objectives
- Explain how we encode new information
- Describe how we store memories over time
- Recognize memory failures and discuss the underlying mechanisms and processes
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Lecture Slides
Takeaways
- Our memory has three basic functions: encoding, storing, and retrieving information.
- Our memory for life events (autobiographical memory) is not always accurate.
- Our memory is flexible and prone to many errors, which is why eyewitness testimony has been found to be largely unreliable.