Memory 1
Storage of limited information for a limited time.
What is short term memory?
The process that integrates vision with other sensory input for adaptation and survival.
What is visual perception?
The action of inhaling food or liquid into the lungs.
What is aspiration?
Relatively permanent storage of information with unlimited capacity.
What is long-term memory?
An inability to block out external or internal stimuli during performance of a task
What is distractibility?
Difficulty recalling memories formed and stored before the onset of disease; may be worse for recent events than for substantially older memories.
What is retrograde amnesia?
Part of the eye responsible for color vision & detail discrimination.
What are cones?
Specialty diet that consists of foods with a soft, moist texture; meats need to be chopped or ground & vegetables well cooked.
What is mechanical soft?
An inability to form new memories after brain damage has occurred which results in a deficit in new learning.
What is anterograde amnesia?
The capacity to attend to two or more tasks simultaneously.
What is divided attention?
Active manipulation of information in short-term storage through rehearsals.
What is working memory?
Eye disease characterized by two variations, wet and dry.
What is macular degeneration?
Condition characterized by difficulty swallowing.
What is dysphagia?
Autobiographic memory for contextually specific and personally experienced events; a form of declarative LTM.
What is episodic memory?
A state of responsiveness to sensory stimulation or excitability.
What is arousal?
Memories of events that have occurred in the external environment; information about a specific event at a specific time and place.
What is explicit memory?
Loss of vision in one half of the visual field in the eye; same in both eyes.
What is homonymous hemianopsia?
The action process of swallowing.
What is deglutition?
Memories necessary to perform tasks or to produce a specific type of response; automatic recall of information.
What is implicit memory?
Understanding of one's own strengths & limitations; ability to judge demands of tasks, evaluate performance, & anticipate likelihood of problems.
What is self-awareness?
Knowledge of the general world and facts, linguistic skill, and vocabulary; a form of declarative LTM.
What is semantic memory?
Eye disease characterized by opacity, decreased light transmission to the retina, & cloudy appearance.
What are cataracts?
What is honey thick liquids?
Knowing how to perform a skill and retain previously learned skills.
What is procedural memory?
Awareness of underlying sources of emotional, cognitive, or behavioral responses and difficulties in oneself or another person
What is insight?