10 Memory Flashcards
What is memory?
the encoding, storage, and retrieval of information
What is amnesia?
a defect in one or more of the three processes of memory
The conscious retrieval of information is known as…?
explicit or declarative memory
What are the two types of explicit memory?
episodic and semantic
What is the recollection of past events with a sense of personal familiarity?
episodic memory
What is semantic memory?
Memory for general declarative information such as vocabulary or arithmetic facts
What is the definition of short term memory?
memories held more or less continuously in consciousness, and for a very brief interval thereafter (about 40 sec)
What is the definition of long term memory?
memory retrieved after delays longer than a minute and/or after the material has departed from consciousness
Long term and short term memory are types of…?
episodic memory
What type of amnesia involves the loss of explicit memory for events occurring subsequent to a neurologic event?
anterograde amnesia
What type of amnesia involves the loss of explicit memory for events which occurred prior to a neurologic event?
retrograde amnesia
What type of memory refers to the facilitation of current behavior by past experience, even when there is no conscious recall of that experience?
implicit memory
What are the two major forms of implicit memory?
procedural memory and priming
What is procedural memory?
the phenomenon whereby repeated performance of a motor act enhances and automates future skill for the same act
What is perceptual priming?
a short-lived enhancement of perceptually-based performance after recent exposure to visually similar material