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Flashcards covering key concepts from the lecture on the serial position effect and memory processes, including definitions and explanations related to short term and long term memory.
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Serial Position Effect
A phenomenon where items at the beginning and end of a list are more easily remembered than those in the middle.
Primacy Effect
The tendency to remember the first items in a list better due to increased rehearsal and access to long term memory.
Recency Effect
The tendency to remember the last items in a list better because they are still present in short term memory.
Short Term Memory
A type of memory that temporarily holds information with a limited capacity, typically lasting for a few seconds to a minute.
Long Term Memory
A type of memory that is used for storing information over an extended period, usually for days, months, or years.
Proactive Interference
A situation where old information interferes with the ability to remember new information.
Retroactive Interference
A situation where new information interferes with the ability to recall old information.
Hippocampus
A brain structure crucial for the formation of long term memories and associated with the primacy effect.
Sensory Areas
Brain regions activated during the recall of more recent items in a list, associated with the recency effect.
Memory Recall Delay
When participants must wait before recalling information, affecting their ability to access recency effects.