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The three steps in memory information processing are
what is encoding, storage, and retrieval
visual sensory memory is referred to as
what is iconic memory
The basal ganglia of the brain play a critical role in the formation of
what is implicit memory
Experimenters gave people a list of words to be recalled. When the participants were tested after a delay, the items that were best recalled were those
what is at the beginning of the list
the spacing effect means that
One way to increase the amount of information in memory is to group it into larger familiar units. This process is referred to as
what is chunking
echoic memories fade after approximately
what is 3-4 seconds
which area of the brain is most important in the processing of implicit memories
what is the cerebellum
In Sperling's memory experiments, research participants were shown three rows of three letters, followed immediately by a low medium or high tone the participants were able to report
what is any one of the three rows of letters
memory for skills is called
what is implicit memory
The process of getting information out of memory storage is called
what is retrieval
The eerie feeling of having been somewhere before
what is deja vu
Researches found that memory is better in people who were
what is asleep during the retention interval presumably because interference was reduced
the three stage information processing model of memory was proposed by
what is Atkinson and Shiffrin
Information is maintained in short term memory only briefly unless it is
what is rehearsed
memory techniques that involve vivid imagery are called
what is menomic devices
Studies demonstrate that learning causes permanent neutral changes in the ______ of animals neurons
what is synapses
studies by Loftus and Palmer in which people were quizzed about a film of accident indicate that
what is people's recall may easily be affected by misleading information
which measure of retention is least sensitive in triggering retrieval
what is recall
the misinformation effect provides evidence that memory
what is may be reconstructed during recall according to how questions are framed
research on memory construction reveals that memories
what is reflect a persons bias and assumptions
Kandel and Schwartz have found that when learning occurs, more of the neurotransmitter ________ is released into the synapses
what is serotonin
memory researchers are suspicious of long repressed memories of traumatic events that are recovered with the aid of hypnosis because
what is all of those reasons
long-term potentiation refers to
what is the increased efficiency of synaptic transmission between certain neurons following learning