Cognition and Age:: Aging and Cognitive Abilities
Cognition and Age:: Aging and Cognitive Abilities
Cognition and Age:: Aging and Cognitive Abilities
E.g a patient with Krokoff syndrome is very guarded toward the therapist and is reluctant to answer the
therapist's questions. At subsequent appointments, the patient indicates not recognizing the therapist
but is less guarded and more willing to answer questions.
So, the patient here has no explicit memory of meeting the therapist but does have an implicit memory
of the meeting
Note: explicit memory: declarative memory - requires conscious thought. It involves episodic (events)
and semantic
In the example, patient not remembering the therapist face - semantic memory.
BUT patient remembers the meetings - implicit (unconscious, automatic LTM).
episodic information consists of the declarative information people have of specific experiences.
Memory