Memory: Reconstruction & Neuroscience Flashcards
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constructive processing
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referring to the retrieval of memories in which those memories are altered, revised, or influenced by newer information
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hindsight bias
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the tendency to falsely believe, through revision of older memories to include newer information, that one could have correctly predicted the outcome of an event
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misinformation effect
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the tendency of misleading information presented after an even to alter the memories of the event itself
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consolidation
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the changes that take place in the structure and functioning of neurons when a memory is formed
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retrograde amnesia
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loss of memory from the point of some injury or trauma backwards, or loss of memory for the past
