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Memory

The ability to store and retrieve information.

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Amnesia

A deficit in long-term memory, resulting from disease, brain injury, or psychological trauma.

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Retrograde Amnesia

The loss of previously stored memories, including events, people, and personal information.

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Anterograde Amnesia

Inability to encode or store new memories.

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Implicit Memory

Memory that is expressed through responses, actions, or reactions.

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Explicit Memory

Memory that is consciously retrieved.

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Episodic Memory

Memory for one's past experiences identified by a time and place.

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Semantic Memory

Memory for knowledge of facts independent of personal experience.

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Encoding

The stage in which memories are acquired.

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Storage

The process which involves consolidation of memories.

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Retrieval

Releasing memory from storage to be consciously experienced or influence behavior.

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Sensory Memory

A memory system that briefly stores sensory information in close to its original sensory form.

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Iconic Memory

Visual sensory memory.

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Echoic Memory

Auditory sensory memory.

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Short-term Memory

A memory storage system that briefly holds a limited amount of information in awareness.

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Working Memory

An active processing system that keeps different types of information available for current use.

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Memory Span

The amount of information held in working memory.

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Long-term Memory

The storage of information that lasts from minutes to forever.

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Serial Position Effect

The ability to recall items from a list depends on the order of presentation.

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Primacy Effect

Better memory for items at the beginning of the list.

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Recency Effect

Better memory for items at the end of a list.

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Flashbulb Memories

Vivid episodic memories for circumstances in which people first learned of a surprising and consequential event.

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Blocking

The temporary inability to remember something.

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Persistence

The continual recurrence of unwanted memories.

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False Memories

Memories that can be distorted or implanted by false information.

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Repressed Memories

Memories that are said to be unconsciously blocked due to emotional distress.

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