Chapter 7: Memory Vocab Part 2

progressive mental deterioration by severe memory loss

inability to form new memories after a brain injury; forward-acting amnesia

process by which neural changes associated with recent learning become durable and stable

practice sessions are interspersed with rest periods

long-lasting increase in neural excitability, which may be a biological mechanism for learning and memory

time spent learning is grouped into long, unbroken intervals (cramming)

distortion of a memory by misleading past-event information

memory-improvement technique based on encoding items in a special way

old information interferes with remembering new information; forward-acting interference

retrieving a memory using a specific cue

learning material a second time , which takes less time than original learning (savings method)

recovering information from memory storage

cue or prompt that helps stimulate recall or retrieval of a stored piece of information from long-term memory

new information interferes with remembering old information; backward-acting interference

loss of memory for events before a brain injury; backward-acting amnesia

Subsystem of explicit/declarative memory that stores general knowledge ; a mental encyclopedia or dictionary

First memory stage that holds sensory information; relatively large capacity, but duration is only a few seconds

Information at the beginning and end of a list is remembered better than material in the middle

Second memory stage that temporarily stores sensory information and decides whether to send it on to long-term memory (LTM); capacity is limited to five to nine items and duration is about 30 seconds

information from an unreliable source, which was initially discounted , later gains credibility because the source is forgotten

forgetting the true source of a memory (source confusion or source misattribution)

retaining information over time

feeling that specific information is stored in long-term memory but of being temporarily unable to retrieve it