Unit 3 topic 3- Long term memory Flashcards
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long term memory
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relatively permanent, storehouse of encoded information and has unlimited capacity
2
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declarative memory
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Long term memory of facts and personal events. hippocampus is essential for declarative consolidation
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Explicit memory
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memory that can be retrieved and brought into conscious memory
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Subset of declarative memory (semantic memory)
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memory of facts and concepts
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subset (episodic memory)
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memory of personal experiences
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Procedural memory
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implicit memory of how to do things. memory does not need to be consciously retrieved to be articulated
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difference between explicit and implicit
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explicit is consciously brought into mind implicit is not. explicit is declarative, implicit is procedural
