H11 The remembering brain Flashcards
short-term memory (STM)
memory for information currently held “in mind”; it has limited capacity
long-term memory (LTM)
memory for info that is stored but need not to be consciously accessible; has an essentially unlimited capacity
working memory
system for the temporary storage and manipulation of info
episodic buffer
additional STM system for maintaining & manipulating info prom episodic LTM
phonological STM
verbal working memory
articulatory suppression
silently mouthing words while performing some other task
declarative memory
explicit memory = memories that can be consciously accessed & can typically be declared (type of LTM)
non-declarative memory
implicit memory = memories that cannot be consciously accessed (type of LTM)
procedural memory
memory for skills such as riding a bike (type of LTM)
multiple memory systems approach
the subdivision of LTM into (non)-declarative & procedural memory
priming
info is easier to access when recently encountered
semantic memory
part of declarative memory: conceptually based knowledge about the world → culturally shared knowledge
episodic memory
part of declarative memory: memory of specific events in one’s own life (= autobiographical memory)
amnesia
difficulty memorizing & remembering events
anterograde memory
memory for events that have occured after brain damage
retrograde memory
memory for events that occured before brain damage
consolidation
process by which moment-to-moment changes in brain activity are translated into permanent structural changes in the brain
recognition memory
memory test in which participants must decide whether a stimulus was shown on a particular occasion
recall
participants must produce previously seen stimuli without a full prompt being given
familiarity
context-free memory in which the recognized item just feels familiar
recollection
context-dependent memory that involves remembering specific info from the study episode
“working with LTM”
involvement of PFC in
-memory encoding
-monitoring &memory retrieval
-source monitoring
- confabulation
source monitoring
process by which retrieved memories are attributed to their original context
confabulation
false memory that is sometimes self-contradictory without an intention to lie
