Storage Flashcards
1
Q
the retention of encoded information in memory over time
A
storage
2
Q
The memory of facts and experiences (Hippocampus, dates, times, memories)
A
explicit memory
3
Q
The memory of skills and procedures (Cerebellum, Reading, writing, playing piano )
A
implicit memory
4
Q
memory system that contains information you are consciously aware of before it is stored more permanently or forgotten
A
short term memory
5
Q
is brief, initial coding of sensory information in the memory system (information held just long enough to make a decision on its importance)
A
sensory memory
6
Q
the relatively permanent and limitless storehouse of the memory system
A
long term memory
7
Q
An increase in a synapses firing efficiency
Occurs when the neurons that represent a particular memory
A
long term potentiation
