Storage Flashcards
the retention of encoded information in memory over time
storage
The memory of facts and experiences (Hippocampus, dates, times, memories)
explicit memory
The memory of skills and procedures (Cerebellum, Reading, writing, playing piano )
implicit memory
memory system that contains information you are consciously aware of before it is stored more permanently or forgotten
short term memory
is brief, initial coding of sensory information in the memory system (information held just long enough to make a decision on its importance)
sensory memory
the relatively permanent and limitless storehouse of the memory system
long term memory
An increase in a synapses firing efficiency
Occurs when the neurons that represent a particular memory
long term potentiation