What are two ways you can be primed through?
Colour and sound
What is memory decay?
The fading or weakening of a memories overtime when they are not being actively retrieved.
What are the three steps involved in memory?
Encoding, Storage and Retrieval
What is one way to boost memory?
Repetition
What are the three stages a memory has to go through to go into Storage?
Sensory Memory, Short-Term Memory and Long-Term Memory
The process of encoding can be both a____ and e_____
Automatic and effortful
What are the three main types of encoding. Define each.
Visual- info is remembered based on picture
Acoustic- info is remembered based on sound
Semantic- info is remembered based on meaning and context.
Explicit memory can be either episodic or semantic. Explain both.
Episodic is remembering a specific event or semantic where you hold more permanent knowledge.
Explain memory trace. Mention one example and how does it link to memory trace.
A physical change in neural connections that represents a stored memory: an engram.
Example: You learned how to ride a bicycle as a child, where even though you have not in years, memory traces remain and allow you to recall the memory and perform it.
Memory is stored in the prefrontal cortex in short term memory then transferred to the cerebral cortex in long term memory by what part of the brain?
Hippocampus