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Definition of Memory:
Ability to store experiences & recall these consciously or unconsciously.
Types of Memory:
Immediate memory / short-term memory. Intermediate memory. Long term memory.
post-tetanic facilitation
Through a synapse, impulses are rapidly conducted, then a short rest is given & then impulses are again conducted through same synapse. Now response of post-synaptic neuron is greater, due to more availability of calcium ions in pre-synaptic terminal release of neurotransmitter EPSP Response by postsynaptic neuron.
INTERMEDIATE MEMORY:
Memory of some words or information lasting for hours, days or weeks. It is difficult to be recalled & easy to be forgotten, unless converted into long-term memory.
Long-term memory:
Memory of words, numbers, information or facts which last for years or throughout life. It is so consolidated that it can be recalled rapidly. Difficult to be forgotten.
It involves protein synthesis. Drugs which inhibit RNA synthesis inhibit memory.
That is why Hifz-a-Quran is more easy in childhood. (budhay totay nahin sekhtay!)
Clinical picture: Loss of past memory but able to store new events.
ALZEIMERS DISEASE:
Premature aging of brain. Loss of mental powers. Disease starts at mid-adult age.
Working memory:
Includes mainly short-term memory. Is used during the period of intellectual reasoning. Terminated as each stage of problem is resolved.
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This skill memory is based on previous learning of the gamethen moving on the next stroke of the game while forgetting the details of the previous stroke.
Habituation:
A type of negative memory. Brain can ignore the information with no consequence. Mechanism involved is inhibition of synaptic pathways for this type of information. Resulting effect is called habituation.
Memory sensitization:
A type of positive memory. Brain enhances & stores the memory traces that have important consequences like pain or pleasure.