Alzheimer’s & Pathology
This is the most type of dementia in older adults
What is Alzheimer’s Disease
This is the word for "taking in" new information for the first time
What is Encoding
This is the main "stress hormone" that can mess with your memory
What is Cortisol
This is the best way to study: instead of just reading, you should try to _____ the concept to someone else.
What is Teach
In the movie Finding Nemo, this character is famous for having "short-term memory loss."
Who is Dory
These are the "plaques" that build up between nerve cells in an Alzheimer’s brain
What is Amyloid-beta
This is the process of "stabilizing" a memory so it stays in your brain long term
What is Consolidation
Stress causes your attention to "narrow," making it harder to do this during a lecture. This is a failure of
What is Encode (take in info)
This study method involves testing yourself with cards.
What are Flashcards
This is the term for a "photographic memory," where a person can remember a page of text after looking at it just once.
What is an Eidetic Memory
This brain part, responsible for memory, is one of the first to shrink in Alzheimer's
Hippocampus
This is the word for "remembering" or accessing information you stored earlier
What is Retrieval
This is the specific part of the brain that stress "shuts down," making it impossible to remember facts during an exam.
What is the Hippocampus
To remember things better, you should connect new info to things you ______.
What is Already know (Prior knowledge)
When you try to remember a new password, your brain uses this type of "temporary" memory that only lasts about 15–30 seconds
What is Short-Term Memory
These "tangles" are found inside the brain cells of people with Alzheimer's
What is Tau
Most memory consolidation (stabilizing) happens while you are doing this
What is Sleeping
Chronic stress is bad for memory because it ruins the quality of your ______.
What is Sleep?
This is the opposite of "cramming"; it means spreading your study sessions over many days.
What is Spaced Repetition
This French phrase describes the "glitch in the matrix" feeling that you have lived through a specific moment before.
What is Déjà Vu
Because Alzheimer's gets worse over time and kills brain cells, it is called this kind of "disorder."
What is a Neurodegenerative disorder
If you can't remember something during a test, you are having a failure in this specific stage
What is Retrieval
Stress blocks your brain's "access" to info, meaning it specifically impairs this stage of memory.
What is Retrieval?
Doing this the night before a test actually makes your memory weaker the next day
What is an All-nighter
Our brains can sometimes create "False Memories" where we remember things happening differently than they actually did. This is commonly known as the ________ Effect. (Hint: Named after a famous South African leader).
What is the Mandela Effect