Memory and Long-Term Potentiation

Vocabulary flashcards reviewing memory processing structures, the mechanism of long-term potentiation, strategies for memory retention, and long-term memory types.

Frontal lobes

Brain structures that use working memory to process and store short-term memories.

Hippocampus

The brain structure recruited to turn short-term memories into long-term memories by working alongside the amygdala.

Amygdala

The brain structure that performs "emotional tagging" and works with the hippocampus to store memories.

Long-term potentiation

The cellular mechanism that causes synapses to strengthen their relationship to one another in order to retain memories.

Memory recall effect

The principle that the more a memory is recalled, the more neurons will be recruited to access it, and the stronger the memory will become.

Deep processing

A technique to increase long-term potentiation by attaching "meaning" to the material, using strategies such as acronyms, songs, or teaching someone.

Implicit memories

A type of long-term memories related to skills and/or habits (e.g., riding a bike).