Chapter 7 (M32)

Capacity of long-term memory

Essentially limitless

Semantic memory

Explicit memory of facts and general knowledge

Episodic memory

Explicit memory of personally experienced events

Hippocampus

Neural center in the limbic system that helps process explicit memories for storage

Cerebellum

Plays a key role in forming and storing implicit memories created by classical conditioning

Basal Ganglia

Involved in motor movement and facilitates the formation of procedural memories for skills

Amygdala

Neural clusters linked to emotion, triggers stress hormones that influence memory formation

Infantile Amnesia

Lack of conscious memories of the first 4 years of life

Retrieval Cues

Associations formed at the time of encoding that can evoke memory

Priming

Activation of particular associations in long-term implicit memory

Context-dependent Memory

Putting oneself back in the context where an experience occurred to aid memory retrieval

State-dependent Memory

Recall of information is easier when in the same physiological state as when it was learned

Mood-congruent Memory

Tendency to recall experiences consistent with one's current emotional state

Serial Position Effect

Tendency to recall best the first and last items in a list (primary and recency effect)