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| 45661471 | memory | persistence of learning over time through the storage and retrieval of information | |
| 45661472 | flashbulb memory | clear memory of an emotionally significant moment or event | |
| 45661473 | encoding | processing of information into the memory system- for example, extracting meaning | |
| 45661474 | storage | retention of encoded information over time | |
| 45661475 | retrieval | process of getting information out of memory storage | |
| 45661476 | sensory memory | the immediate, very brief recording of sensory information in the memory system | |
| 45661477 | short-term memory | activated memory that holds a few items briefly, such as the seven digits of a phone number while dialing | |
| 45661478 | long-term memory | relatively permanant and limitedless storehouse of the memory system | |
| 45661479 | working memory | newer understanding of short-term memory that involves conscious, active processing of incomine auditory and visual-spatial information | |
| 45661480 | automatic processing | unconscious encoding of incidental information, such as space, time, and frequence | |
| 45661481 | effortful processing | encoding that requires attention conscious effort | |
| 45661482 | rehearsal | conscious repetition of information, either to maintain it in consciousness or to encode it for storage | |
| 45661483 | spacing effect | tendency for distributed study or practice to yield better long-term retention than is achieved through massed study or practice | |
| 45661484 | serial position effect | our tendency to recall best the last and first items in a list | |
| 45661485 | visual encoding | encoding of picture images | |
| 45661486 | acoustic encoding | encoding of sound, especially the sound of words | |
| 45661487 | semantic encoding | encoding of meaning, including the meaning of words | |
| 45661488 | imagery | mental pictures; powerful aid to effortful processing | |
| 45661489 | mnemonics | memory aids; like vivid imagery | |
| 45661490 | chunking | organizing items into familiar, manageable units; often occurs automatically | |
| 45661491 | iconic memory | momentary sensory memory of visual stimuli | |
| 45661492 | echoic memory | momentary sensory memory of auditory stimuli; sounds can be recalled within 3 or 4 seconds | |
| 45661493 | long-term potentiation (LTP) | increase in synapse's firing potential after brief, rapid stimulation | |
| 45661494 | amnesia | loss of memory | |
| 45661495 | implicit memory | retention independent of conscious recollection | |
| 45661496 | explicit memory | memory of facts and experiences that one can consciously know and "declare" | |
| 45661497 | hippocampus | neural center that is located in limbic system and helps process explicit memories for storage | |
| 45661498 | recall | measure of memory in which the person must retrieve information learned earlier | |
| 45661499 | recognition | measure of memory in which the person need only identify items previously learned | |
| 45661500 | relearning | memory measure that assesses the amount of time saved when learning material for a second time | |
| 45661501 | priming | activation, often unconsciously, of particular associations in memory | |
| 45661502 | deja vu | that eerie sense that "I've experienced this before" | |
| 45661503 | mood-congruent memory | tendency to recall experiences that are consistent with one's current good or bad mood | |
| 45661504 | proactive interference | disruptive effect of prior learning on the recall of new information | |
| 45661505 | retroactive interference | disruptive effect of new learning on the recall of old information | |
| 45661506 | repression | in psychoanalytic theory, the basic defense mechanism that banishes from consciousness anxiety-arousing thoughts, feelings, and memories | |
| 45661507 | misinformation effect | incorporating misleading information into one's memory of an event | |
| 45661508 | source amnesia | attributing to the wrong source an event we have experienced, heard about, read about, or imagined |
