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Hippocampus
A seahorse-shaped brain structure essential for making memories.
Anterograde Amnesia
The inability to learn new information, often affecting short-term, long-term, or both types of memory.
Declarative Memory
A type of memory that involves facts and events and can be consciously recalled.
Procedural Memory
A type of implicit memory involving skills, habits, and conditioning.
Working Memory
Temporary storage of information that actively attends to and works on it.
Retrograde Amnesia
The inability to recall previously available information.
Consolidation
The process by which short-term memories are transformed into long-term memories.
Korsakoff's Syndrome
A disorder characterized by severe anterograde amnesia and confabulation, often caused by thiamine deficiency.
Ebbinghaus
The researcher who published the first studies on memory in 1885.
Sensory Memory
The initial, brief storage of sensory information.
Prosopagnosia
A specific deficit that involves the inability to recognize faces.
Memory Consolidation
The process by which memories become stable in the brain.
Memory Areas
Different brain regions that play roles in storing various types of memory.
Central Executive
The component of working memory that directs attention and manages information processes.
Thalamus
A sensory relay structure involved in memory processing.
Amygdala
A brain structure involved in the formation of emotional memories.
Alzheimer's Disease
A progressive neurodegenerative disease marked by anterograde and later retrograde amnesia.
Milner (1965)
Conducted assessments on HM and observed his inability to retain new information.
Memory Storage
The process of maintaining knowledge and experiences in the nervous system over time.
Charles Spearman
Known for his theory of intelligence which relates to memory capacity.
Frontal lobe
The area of the brain holding short-term memory and working memory functions.
Limbic System
A set of brain structures involved in emotional responses and memory formation.
