7A.2.2 Flashcards
Echoing memory
A me monetary sensory memory of auditory stimuli; if attention is elsewhere, sound and words can still be recalled within 3 or 4 seconds
Short term memory is limited not only in duration…..
But also in capacity
Our capacity for storing long-term memories is….
Essentially limitless
Long-term potentiation
An increase in synapse’s firing potential after brief rapid stimulation. Believe to be a neural basis for learning and memory
Memory serves to….
Predict the future and alert us to potential dangers
Weaker emotions =
Weaker memories
Flashbulb memories
A clear memory of an emotionally significant moment or event
Amnesia
The loss of memory
Implicit memory
Retention independent of conscious recollection
Explicit memory
Memory of facts and experiences that one can consciously know and “declare”
Hippocampus
A neural center that is located in the limbic system; helps process explicit memories for storage
Iconic memory
A momentary sensory memory of visual stimuli; a photograph or picture-image memory lasting no more than a few tenths of a second
