5. Memory Traces and Memory Schemas Flashcards
1
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Mystic Writing Pad Model
A
Imprints, imprints, imprints, burn in!
2
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Flashbulb memories and Now Print! Theory
A
That flashbulb memories are clear. But they aren’t. We feel like they are, but they’re not.
3
Q
Hippocampus
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A structure in the brain responsible for consolidating memories.
4
Q
The body schema
A
The representation the brain holds of the body.
5
Q
Ebbinghaus’ forgetting curve
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Rapid memory loss at the very beginning, followed by slower loss later on.
6
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Ribot’s law of retrograde amnesia
A
Older memories survive better.
