Storing Memories

maintenance rehearsal

simple, surface level technique for retaining information involving repetition to keep it actively in short term memory

elaborative rehearsal

deeper technique for retaining information involving active engagement and drawing connections with other memories

autobiographical memory

episodic and semantic memories containing information about ourselves and our experiences; subject to modification over time

retrograde amnesia

loss of memory from before a mentally or physically traumatic event; still able to form new memories

anterograde amnesia

inability to form new memories after a mentally or physically traumatic event; still has access to memories from before the event

infantile amnesia

the tendency for people to forget memories from before the age of three or four

Alzheimer's disease

a common form of dementia in older adults that causes the deterioration of nerve tissue, resulting in difficulty accessing and forming memories