Consolidating memories Flashcards
A new memory is stable OR unstable
unstable
Brain region that stores new memories
hippocampus
TRUE or FALSE:
Only babies and primary school children produce new neurons (known as neurogenesis)
FALSE
Teenagers and adults also produce new neurons
To create a new memory we have to create links between ______________
neurons
Draw out and label a neuron
New memories require new links known as ____________ between neurons
synapses
Top strategies for making synapses stronger and therefore making a memory stable
Active learning
Distributed practice
Active learning examples
- Think pair share
- Making predictions
- Mind maps
- Blurting
- Flashcards (yay Brainscape!)
- Quizzes
- Formals & mocks
- Problem solving
- Puzzles
- Application
List is not exchaustive!
Complete this quote by Professor Daniel T Willingham:
“Memory is the ____________ of thought”
residue
Famous quote by Professor Daniel T Willingham on memory
“Memory is the residue of thought ”
Active learning strenghens ___________
synapses
Who came up with the forgetting curve
Herman
Ebbinghaus
(1880s)
Draw out the forgetting curve
When is most of any newly learned information forgotten?
In the first 48 hours
This is when the forgetting curve is at its steepest
To make a memory stable one must _________ the forgetting curve
interrupt
Draw out a graph showing an optimum schedule for interrputing the forgetting curve
(Y axis = memory %, X axis = time in days)
