Module 26

Question 0

A momentary sensory memory of auditory stimuli; if attention is elsewhere, sounds or words can still be recalled within three or four seconds.

Answer 0

Echoic memory

Question 1

A momentary sensory memory of visual stimuli; a photographic or picture image memory lasting no more than a few tenths of a second.

Answer 1

Iconic memory

Question 2

An increase in a synapses firing potential after brief, rapid stimulation. Believed to be a neural basis for learning and memory.

Answer 2

Long-term potentiation (LTP)

Question 3

The loss of memory.

Answer 3

Amnesia

Question 4

Retention independent of conscious recollection. (Also called procedural memory.)

Answer 4

Implicit memory

Question 5

Memory of facts and experiences that one can consciously know and “declare “ (also called declarative memory.)

Answer 5

Explicit memory

Question 6

Neural Center that is located in the limbic system and helps process explicit memories for storage.

Answer 6

Hippocampus