Unit+6+-+Memory

=__Unit 6 - Memory__=

[[file:Cognition Unit Overview.doc]]
//(Note: This unit overview is for the Memory Unit and Unit 7 - Cognition. The College Board puts them together, I do not.)//

__Memory and Forgetting - NPR Radiolab__
//(podcast of the episode from June 2007 - note the references to names from class such as Elizabeth Loftus, Oliver Sacks, and Clive & Debra Wearing)//

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Retroactive Interference in teenagers?...


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__Visual Memory Test__
Challenge Ayumu the chimp Watch a video of the real Ayumu taking the memory test

__Memoriad Homepage__
@http://www.memoriad.com/ Just in case any of you were considering competing... :)

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=How Accurate is Visual Memory?=

Problems with Eyewitness Testimony
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"Creating False Memories" - the Scientific American article by Elizabeth Loftus that some of you read for class