Long-term memory

Amnesic syndrome

a pattern of memory loss characterized by impairment LTM and spared STM

Non-declarative/implicit memory

memory that isn’t accessed consciously and that we aren’t able to report verbally Includes memory which benefits from previous experience but without our awareness of that experience

Procedural memory

 type of non-declarative memory involving memory how to perform skills and actions

Declarative/explicit memory

 involves conscious recollection of memories such as events, people, facts and place

Episodic memory

memory for events, experiences and episodes

Semantic memory

 memory for facts and knowledge about the world

Priming

 an implicit memory effect whereby exposure to a stimuli affects the following response

Autonoetic consciousness

 allows humans to use memory to relive past events and imagine ourselves in the future, from a self-prespective

Prospective memory

 allows us to remember to perform certain action, remember to remember

Pulses

 involves intentions that are time-locked

Steps

are intentions that have a wider time frame in which they can occur

Action slip

 an action being complete when it was not intended

Autobiographical memories

 episodic memories for personally experienced events in a person’s life

False memories

inaccurate recollections of events that didn’t occur or distortion of events that have occurred

Metamemory

the ability to monitor and inspect the content of memory, to know if we know something

Permastore

the long time retention of content that has been acquired/relearned of a time-period, even if it is rarely used thereafter

trace decay

spontaneous weakening of traces in memories

interference

 disturbance from other memories

cue-dependent

forgetting memories are available but not accessible for the moment