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Memory Key Words
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- 1Alzheimer's DiseaseA progressive disease that destroys memory and other important mental functions. It's the most common cause of dementia - a group of brain disorders that results in the loss of intellectual and social skills. These changes are severe enough to interfere with day-today life.
- 2DisplacementIn the MSM this is what happens to information in STM if it is not rehearsed. It is "knocked out" of the STM store by other incoming stimuli.
- 3Retrospective ResearchA study that attempts to find a correlation between two variables by looking at the history of an individual. They are reliant on self-reported data and may be open to memory distortion. The chance of demand characteristics are particularly high.
- 4Prospective ResearchA study that attempts to find a correlation between two variables by testing a sample and then carrying out longitudinal research to determine if and when certain health effects appear.
- 5Localization of FunctionThe principle that specific behaviors originate in relatively specific locations in the brain.
- 6Long-Term Potentiation (LTP)A highly strengthened connection between two neurons because of repeated signal transmission across the synapse. As memories are thought to be encoded through rehearsal which results in modification of synaptic strength, this is widely considered one of the major cellular mechanisms that underlies learning and memory. It is the biological explanation of what learning really is.
- 7Primacy EffectComponents of the Serial Position Effect. The tendency of recalling information presented earlier in a list of information
- 8Recency EffectComponents of the Serial Position Effect. The tendency of recalling information presented at the end of a list of information.
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- International Baccalaureate (CLOA) Psychology Fichas sobre Memory Key Words, creado por syahirah.isham.1 el 06/05/2014.
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