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Memory Consolidation
the neural storage of a long-term memory
Semantic Memory
explicit memory of facts and general knowledge; one of our two conscious memory systems.
Episodic Memory
explicit memory of personally experienced events; one of our two conscious memory systems
Hippocampus
A neural center located in the limbic system that helps process explicit memories for storage.
Flashbulb Memory
a clear, sustained memory of an emotionally significant moment or event
Long-Term Potentiation (LTP)
an increase in a cell's firing potential after brief, rapid stimulation. Believed to be a neural basis for learning and memory
Priming
the activation, often unconsciously, of particular associations in memory
Encoding Specificity Principle
the idea that cues and contexts specific to a particular memory will be most effective in helping us recall it
Mood-Congruent Memory
the tendency to recall experiences that are consistent with one's current good or bad mood
Serial Position Effect
our tendency to recall best the last (a recency effect) and first items (a primacy effect) in a list.
Misinformation Effect
occurs when misleading information has distorted one's memory of an event.
Source Amnesia
faulty memory for how, when, or where information was learned or imagined.
Deja Vu
that eerie sense that "I've experienced this before." Cues from the current situation may unconsciously trigger retrieval of an earlier experience.
anterograde amnesia
an inability to form new memories
retrograde amnesia
an inability to retrieve information from one's past
Proactive Interference
the forward-acting disruptive effect of prior learning on the recall of new information.
Retroactive Interference
the backward-acting disruptive effect of newer learning on the recall of old information.
Repression
in psychoanalytic theory, the basic defense mechanism that banishes from consciousness anxiety-arousing thoughts, feelings, and memories
Reconsolidation
a process in which previously stored memories, when retrieved, are potentially altered before being stored again
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