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memory
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- 1memorythe retrieval, storage and processing of information that is stored as neural connections in the brain
- 2encodingthe conversion of information into a useable form so that is can be neurologically represented in long term memory
-we must attend to information in order for it to encode - 3attentionfocusing of awareness onto particular subsets of our experience
-disruption to attention results in disruption to memory encoding - 4elaborationlinking the stimulus to other ideas or events
- 5visual imageryholding a relevant image in the mind's eye
- 6self-relevanceframing information as relevant to oneself
- 7motivation to rememberexplicitly thinking about possible future contexts when it may be useful
- 8storageinformation is retained in memory
- 9retrievalinformation is recovered
- 10factors that makes retrieval strongersame context, mood or emotional state, referential
- 11sensory memoryentry point of information where it is stored in its raw form for a very brief period
duration- .2-4 seconds
capacity- unlimited - 12working memorythe ability to maintain and manipulate interaction between new information and older memories online in the presence of other information or distractions
- 13central executivecontrols and coordinates incoming information
- 14visual spatial sketchpadmanipulates visual information
- 15phonological looprehearses verbal information
- 16episodic buffertemporal storage of information
- 17long term memoryholds a potentially unlimited amount of information for a very long time; possibly permanently
- 18declarative memoryinformation that is consciously summoned as verbally describable facts, events or beliefs
- 19episodic memorylong term explicit memory of personally experienced events
- 20semantic memorylong term explicit memory of facts and knowledge about the world
- 21implicit memoryinformation that does not require conscious intention to retrieve
- 22procedural memorieslong term memory of unconscious activities of doing things
- 23anterograde amnesialoss of memory for after the accident
- 24retrograde amnesialosing memories before the accident
- 25intrusion errorsNew memories sometimes blend into the details of old memories
- 26replacement errorsmemory links are lost via re categorizing
- 27incongruent cuestrigger memory traces that don't go together
- 28misinformation effectsRecall wildly inaccurate details when the prompts or retrieval cues contain incorrect information
- 29schematic fitting?
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- ALHT106 Flashcards on memory, created by Bonnie McDonald on 06/05/2018.
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