Vocabulary
set of processes used to encode, store, and retrieve information over different periods of time
Memory
How we get information to our brain
Encoding
What parts of the brain are involved in memory?
Amygdala, Hippocampus, Cerebellum, and Prefrontal Cortex.
Who studied false memories with their study in 1974 involving college students being asked to estimate the speed of cars using different forms of questions?
Elizabeth Loftus
Chunking
loss of information from long-term memory
Forgetting
The two types of Long-term memory
Explicit Memory and Implicit Memory
Plays a role in processing procedural memories, such as how to play the piano and classical conditioning.
Cerebellum
Name one of the sins of memory
Any of the following: Transience, Absentmindedness, Blocking, Misattribution, Suggestibility, Bias, or Persistence.
Rehearsal
creation of a permanent record of information
Storage
The temporary storage system that processes incoming sensory memory
Short-term memory
Damage leads to an inability to process declarative memories.
Hippocampus
What are the two common types of Amnesia?
Retrograde Amnesia & Anterograde Amnesia
Memory aids that help us organize information for encoding.
Mnemonic devices
accessing information without cues
Recall
The three types of encoding
Semantic, Visual, and Acoustic
What neurotransmitters are involved in memory?
Epinephrine, Dopamine, Serotonin, Glutamate, Acetylcholine.
What event is the most recent flashbulb memory that has been extensively researched?
9/11
Technique in which you think about the meaning of the new information and its relation to knowledge already stored in your memory.
Elaborative Rehearsal
loss of long-term memory that occurs as the result of disease, physical trauma, or psychological trauma
The act of linking new information you are trying to learn to existing information that you already know
Elaborative Rehearsal
What was the result of patient H.M.'s procedure of having both temporal lobes removed in an attempt to control his seizures?
His declarative memory was significantly affected and he could not form new semantic knowledge.
Eyewitness misidentification often leads to what?
The wrongful conviction of criminals
Aerobic exercises promote what?
Neurogenesis