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| The process of organizing and transforming incoming information so that it can be entered into memory, either to be stored or to be compared with previously stored information. |
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| The process of retaining information in memory. |
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| The process of accessing info stored in memory. |
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| a set of neurons that serves to retain info over time. |
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| A memory store that holds a large amount of perceptual input for a very brief time, typically less than 1 second. |
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| (Short Term Memory) Holds little amount of info for only a few seconds. (Around 30 seconds) |
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| Process of repeating information over and over to retain it in STM. |
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| A unit of info, such as a digit, letter or word. |
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| (Working Memory) The system that includes two specialized STM's (auditory loop and visual spatial sketchpad) and a central executive that operates on information in them to plan, reason, or solve a problem. |
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| The set of processes that operates on information in one or another of two specialized STM's; part of working memory. |
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| (Long Term Memory) A memory store that holds a huge amount of info for a long time (from hour to years). |
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| Increased Memory for the first few stimuli in a set, reflecting storage of info in LTM. |
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| Increased memory for the last few stimuli in a set, reflecting storage of info in STM. |
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| A type of mental representation, an internal representation (such as words or images) of a stimulus or event. |
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| The process of converting info stored dynamically in LTM into a structural change in the brain. |
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| The number and complexity of the operations involved in processing info, expressed in a continuum from shallow to deep. |
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| Transfer appropriate processing |
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| Processing used to retrieve material that is the same type as was used when the material was originally studied, which improves memory retrieval. |
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| Processing that organizes and integrates information into previously stored info, often by making associations. |
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| Encoding that involves great breadth of processing. |
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| Learning that occurs as a result of trying to learn. |
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| Learning that occurs without intention. |
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| An unusually vivid and detailed memory of a dramatic event. |
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| Modality-specific memory stores |
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| Memory stores that retain input from a single sense, such as vision or audition, or from a specific processing system, such as language. |
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| Memories of the meanings of words, concepts, and general facts |
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| Memories of events that are associated with a particular context- a time, place, and circumstance. (personal memories) |
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| Memories that can be retrieved at will and represented in STM; verbal and visual memories are explicit if they can be called to mind as words or images. (Have to be consciously thought about) |
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| Memories that you aren't aware of having but influence behavior and thinking. |
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| A well learned response that is carried out automatically (without conscious thought) when the appropriate. |
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| Processing that requires paying attention to each step of an action and using working memory to coordinate steps. (learning to ride a bike) |
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| Processing that allows you to carry out a sequence of tasks without paying attention to each separate step. |
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| Result of having just performed task that facilitates repeating the same or an associated task. |
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| Priming that makes the same info more easily accessed in the future. |
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| hormone that converts protein and fat into sugar, but exposure to it can kill neurons in the hypocampus. |
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| the act of intentionally bringing explicit information to awareness, which requires transferring the information from LTM to STM. |
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| The act of encoding an input and matching it to a stored representation. |
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| Stimuli that trigger or enhance remembering, reminders. |
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| better recall if it occurs in similar enviroment to learning |
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| fading away of memories with time because the relevant connections between neurons are lost. |
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