Forget Me Not/Creating Memory
This type of memory storage is brief in duration (1 second) , and vast in capacity
What is sensory storage?
This type of memory storage is brief, under 1 second, and has a vast capacity
What is sensory storage?
This theory explains how and why our memories are subjective based on our attention in a given environment.
Filter theory
The inability to form new memories
This type of memory is future-oriented, like when some one reminds you to do something in a later context
Prospective memory
An inability to remember information from one's past
One reason these might happen is because visualizing something and actually perceiving something activate the same part of the brain
What are false memories?
Proposed that we repress painful or socially unacceptable memories
Who is Sigmund Freud?
An inability to remember one's past
Retrograde amnesia
This type of memory retrieval error is frustrating, common, and increases with age.
Surgeons accidentally removed his hippocampus, resulting in amnesia
Who is H.M. or Henry Moliason?
What is deja vu?
this kind of technique, using information you have learned, leads to shallow encoding of information
Maintenance rehearsal
H.M. had this type of memory, of which there are types - and we are not conscious of it!
Implicit memory
This type of technique helps you remember things by use of phrases, rhymes, or songs
Mnemonics
You are likely using this type of memory processing to remember the words you just read for this question, to keep that knowledge available for current use.
What is working memory
The process by which previously stored memories, when retrieved again, are potentially altered before being stored again
What is reconsolidation?
She is a well-known memory researcher who studies false memories
Who is Elizabeth Loftus?
A good nights sleep helps with this crucial process of long-term memory, as does thinking about information over time and practicing with it.
Consolidation
This process states that when you learn new things, you may experience impairment in recalling older memories accurately.
Retroactive interference
This aspect of consciousness and perception greatly alters how your memories are encoded
What is attention? selective attention/limited attention
What is source amnesia or source misattribution?
What are the two main types of explicit memory, and what are they devoted to?
Episodic - personal memories involving our lives and ourselves; involves place and time
Semantic - knowledge of facts independent of our personal experience
Which two areas of the brain are primarily involved in implicit memory?
Cerebellum; amygdala
This type of memory aid depends on associating objects/things you want to remember with familiar locations.
Method of loci