7.7-7.13: Enduring Memories & Varieties of Long-Term Memory Flashcards
The loss of memory due to brain damage or trauma
Amnesia
The inability to transfer information from short-term to long-term memory, preventing new long-term memories from forming
Anterograde amnesia
A form of amnesia in which access to memories prior to brain damage is impaired, but the individual can store new experiences in long-term memory
Retrograde amnesia
The process whereby memory storage is integrated and becomes stable in the brain
Consolidation
A mechanism that creates enduring synaptic connections, which results in increased transmission between neurons
Long-term potentiation (LTP)
Reactivation of consolidation by retrieving a memory, making the memory susceptible to change
Reconsolidation
A form of memory that involves intentional and conscious remembering
Explicit memory
A form of memory that occurs without intentional recollection or awareness and can be measured indirectly through the influence of prior learning on behavior
Implicit memory
A type of implicit memory related to the acquisition of skills
Procedural memory
The increased ability to process a stimulus because of previous exposure
Priming
A form of conditioning in which a previously neutral stimulus acquires positive or negative value
Affective conditioning
The explicit recollection of personal experience that requires piecing together the elements of that time and place
Episodic memory
Explicit memory supporting knowledge about the world, including concepts and facts
Semantic memory
Memory for things we have done in the past
Retrospective memory
Memory for things we need to do in the future
Prospective memory
