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Long Term Potentiation
increased efficiency of potential neural firing
Flashbulb Memory
perceived clarity of memories of surprising, significant events
Implicit Memory
the unconscious retention and retrieval of information without conscious awareness
Explicit Memory
retention of facts and experiences that one can consciously know
Recall
retrieving information that is not currently in your conscious awareness but that was learned at an earlier time
Recognition
identifying items previously learned
Priming
the activation, often unconsciously, of particular associations in memory
Deja Vu
that eerie sense that 'I've experienced this before'
Mood - Congruent Memory
the tendency to recall experiences that are consistent with one's current good or bad mood
Retroactive Interference
when new learning disrupts recall of old information
Proactive Interference
when prior learning disrupts your recall of new information
Repression
the exclusion of distressing memories, thoughts, or feelings from the conscious mind
Misinformation Effect
occurs when misleading information distorts one's memory of an event
Source Amnesia
faulty memory for how, when, or where information was learned or imagined
Anterograde Amnesia
Loss of the ability to form or retrieve memories after an injury or traumatic event
Retrograde Amnesia
Loss of memory for events that preceded a head injury or trauma.
Constructive Processing
Reorganizing or updating memories based on logic, reasoning, or new information.
Curve of Forgetting
a graph showing the amount of information remembered after varying lengths of time.
Declarative Memory
A part of LTM containing specific information that can be stated or declared.
Episodic Memory
A subset of declarative memory that contains memories of past experiences like 'episodes' from your life.
Procedural Memory
LTM of conditioned responses and learned skills.
Memory Cue
A stimulus associated with a memory often enhances retrieval.
Memory Decay
The fading or weakening of memories over time.
Network Model
A model that views memory as an organized system of linked information.
Memory Redintegration
the process of recalling a whole memory by being reminded of just a small part of it
Next-in-Line Effect
failure to encode what the person ahead of us just said because we are focusing on what we will say.
Tip-of-the-Tongue Phenomenon
Feeling like a memory is available, but a person is temporarily unable to retrieve the information.