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| Very brief recording of sensory information in the memory system. |
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| Activated memory that hold few items briefly, such as seven digits of a phone number while dialing, before the information is stored or forgotten. |
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| A newer understanding of short term memory that focusses on conscious, active processing of incoming audio and visual-spatial information, and from information retrieved from long term memory. |
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| The relatively permanent and limitless store house of the memory system. Includes knowledge, skills, and experiences. |
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| The conscious repetition of information, either to maintain it for consciousness or to encode for storage. |
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| Our tendency to recall best the first or last item in a list. |
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| Organizing items into familiar, manageable units; often occurs automatically. |
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| A measure of memory in which the person need only identify item previously learned, as on a multiple choice test. |
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| The tendency to recall experiences that are consistent with one's current good or bad mood. |
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| Recalling memories when we are drunk, from things we did previously when drunk. |
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| Memory aids, especially those techniques that use vivid imagery and organizational devices |
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