chapter 6 vocab Flashcards
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anterograde amnesia
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inability to form new memories for facts and events after the onset of amnesia
2
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decay
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the fading of memories with the passage of time
3
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declarative memory
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conscious memories for facts and events
4
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dissociative amnesia
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loss of autobiographical memories from a period in the past in the absence of brain injury or disease
5
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interference
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other memories get in the way of retrieving a desired memory
6
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medial temporal lobes
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inner region of the temporal lobes that includes the hippocampus
7
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retrograde amnesia
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inability to retrieve memories for facts and events acquired before the onset of dementia
8
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temporally graded retrograde amnesia
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inability to retrieve memories from just prior to the onset of amnesia with intact memory for more remote events
