Memory Flashcards
Recall
Remembering things without any triggers
Recognition
Identifying previously learned information
Relearning
Refreshing the memory
Encoding
Getting information in the memory
Storage
Hanging on the memories
Retrival
Getting information out
What’s the difference between Explicit and Implicit memory?
Explicit= facts, conscience, frontal lobes and hippocampus
Implicit= non-declaritive, unconscious, Basal Ganglia and Cerebellum
What does the right side of the Hippocampus do?
Right side Hippocampus deals with Navigation, Patterns, and Melody
What does the left side if the Hippocampus do?
Left side Hippocampus deals with Language and Logic
What is Infantile Amnesia and what causes it?
Infantile Amnesia is you can’t remember your birth and is caused because your Hippocampus isn’t developed
What does the Amygdala do?
remembers emotions, specifically negative ones
What is Long term Potentiation
the more a neural pathway is used, the stronger and more efficient it becomes
The Peg Word System is an example of…
Retrival Cue
What are the 4 ways you can Prime a retrival cue?
1) Context-dependant- using the things around you as cues
2) Mood-congruent- using moods and emotions as cues
3) Serial Position effect- remembering the first and last in a set
4) State-dependant- remembering things best in the state you learned them (drunk vs sober)
What is Prospective memory?
remembering to do something in the future
