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| the storage and retrieval of what has been learned or experienced. |
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| the transforming of information so the nervous system can process it. |
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| the process by which information is maintained over a period of time. |
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| the process of obtaining information that has been stored in memory. |
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| very brief memory storage immediately following initial stimulation of a receptor. |
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| memory that is limited in capacity to about 7 items and in duration by the subject's active rehearsal. |
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| a system for remembering involving repeating information to oneself without attempting to find meaning in it. |
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| the process of grouping items to make them easier to remember. |
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| you remember the first and last things you study rather than the things in the middle. |
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| memory of knowledge that can be called forth consciously as needed. |
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| memory of learned skills that does not require conscious recollection. |
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| long term memory area of brain. |
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| emotional memory area of brain. |
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| information processing area of the brain. |
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| Long and short term memory area of the brain. |
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| memory retrieval in which a person identifies an object, idea, or situation as one he or she has or has not experienced before. |
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| memory retrieval in which a person reconstructs previously learned material. |
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| the alteration of a recalled memory that may be simplified, enriched, or distorted, depending on an individual's experiences, attitudes, or inferences. |
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| the act of filling in memory gaps. |
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| conceptual frameworks people use to make sense of the world. |
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| the ability to remember with great accuracy visual information on the basis of short-term exposure. |
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| fading away of memories over time. |
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| blockage of memory by previous or subsequent memories. |
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| the linking of new information to material that is already known. |
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| techniques for using associations to memorize and retrieve information. |
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