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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
