Memory Flashcards
Alzheimer?s disease
a neurodegenerative disease that involves the progressive loss of neurons in the brain and is characterised by memory decline p. 219
Amygdala
a brain structure involved in encoding and consolidating emotionally charged memories p. 205
Amyloid plaques
fragments of the protein beta-amyloid that accumulate into insoluble plaques that inhibit communication between neurons p. 220
Anterograde amnesia
a condition where new explicit memories cannot be effectively consolidated after trauma to the hippocampus p. 219
Atkinson-Shiffrin multi-store model of memory
a model of memory which outlines the flow of information in memory formation and retrieval through three separate stores of memory; sensory, short-term and long-term, each of which have a different function, capacity and duration p. 195
Classically conditioned memory
a type of implicit memory which involves an involuntary response, such as fear, to a stimulus which has repeatedly been associated with an emotionally arousing stimulus p. 204
Context dependent cues
stimuli in the physical environment where a memory is recalled that act as a prompt to retrieve memories formed in that environment p. 224
Cued recall
retrieving information from memory with the use of a prompt p. 231
Echoic memory
a type of sensory memory which temporarily stores auditory information p. 195
Elaborative rehearsal
encoding new information by meaningfully linking it to information already stored in long-term memory to enhance its storage and later retrieval p. 225
Encoding
the process of converting raw information from stimuli into a useable form which can be stored in the brain p. 195
Episodic memory
a type of explicit memory which involves a personal experience or event p. 203
Explicit memory
(also known as declarative memory) a type of long-term memory that can be consciously retrieved p. 203
Eye-witness testimony
an account given by an individual of an event they have directly observed p. 237
Free recall
retrieving information from memory in any order without the use of a prompt p. 231