Psychology - Memory

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Flashbulb memory

A vivid and detailed recollection of significant events, often accompanied by strong emotional responses.

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Declarative memory

A type of long-term memory that involves the conscious recollection of facts and events, including episodic and semantic memory.

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Procedural memory

A type of long-term memory that enables individuals to perform tasks and skills without conscious awareness, such as riding a bike or playing an instrument.

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State dependent memory

The phenomenon where memory retrieval is more effective when an individual is in the same emotional or physical state as when the memory was encoded.

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Sensory memory

The initial stage of memory that holds sensory information for a very brief period, typically less than a second for visual stimuli and a few seconds for auditory stimuli.

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Short term memory

A type of memory that temporarily holds a limited amount of information for a short duration, typically around 20 to 30 seconds, allowing for the manipulation and processing of that information.

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Long term memory

The stage of memory that can store large amounts of information for extended periods, from hours to a lifetime, and is essential for learning and recall.

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Perception

The process of organizing, interpreting, and consciously experiencing sensory information to understand the environment.

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Monocular

cues are visual signals that require only one eye to perceive depth and distance, such as brightness, color, size, texture, and overlap.

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Binocular

cues are visual signals that require both eyes to perceive depth and distance, such as retinal disparity and convergence.

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limbic system

forms new memories and retrieves long-term memories, key for emotional memories

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thalamus

facilitates the flow of info between parts of the brain, supporting encoding

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cerebellum

plays a huge role in procedural memory, such as motor skills like riding a bike

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acetylcholine

a neurotransmitter that is essential for encoding and consolidating new memories. (a lack of ACH is associated with memory loss diseases like alzheimer’s)

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neural networks

encodes, stores, and retrieves both long and short term memories

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axon

enables the transfer of info required for memory formation and learning

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myelin sheath

enhances neural communication, crucial for processing and consolidating memories

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amygdala

enhances emotional memories for better recall

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hippocampus

essential for forming and encoding new memories

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occipital lobe

processes and stores visual memories

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frontal lobe

involved in working memory and planning

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temporal lobe

stores verbal + auditory memories

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olfactory bulb

responsible for smell-triggered memories

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