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| 432955430 | Memory | the persistence of learning over time thru the storage and retrieval of information | |
| 432955431 | flashbulb memory | a clear memory and emotionally significant moment or event | |
| 432955432 | storage | The retention of encoded information over time | |
| 432955433 | retrieval | the process of getting information out of memory storage | |
| 432955434 | sensory memory | the immediate, very brief recording of sensory information in the memory system | |
| 432955435 | short term memory | activated memory that holds a few items briefly, such as the seven digit telephone number well dialing, before the information is stored or forgotten | |
| 432955436 | long-term memory | the relatively permanent and limitless storehouse of the memory system. Includes knowledge, skills, and experiences | |
| 432955437 | working memory | a newer understanding short-term memory that involves conscious, active processing of incoming auditory and visual-spatial information, and of information retrieved from long-term memory | |
| 432955438 | automatic processing | unconscious encoding of incidental information, such as space, time, and frequency | |
| 432955439 | spacing effect | the tendency to distribute study or practice to yield better long-term attention than is achieved through massed study or practice | |
| 432955440 | serial position effect | our tendency to recall best the last and first item in a list | |
| 432955441 | visual encoding | the encoding of picture images | |
| 432955442 | acoustic encoding | the encoding of sound, especially the sound of words | |
| 432955443 | semantic encoding | the encoding of meaning, including the meaning of words | |
| 432955444 | imagery | mental pictures; a powerful aid to effortful processing, especially when combined with semantic encoding | |
| 432955445 | Mnemonics | memory aids, especially those techniques that uses vivid imagery and organizational devices | |
| 432955446 | Chunking | organizing items into familiar, manageable units; often occurs automatically | |
| 432955447 | iconic memory | a momentary sensory memory is visual stimuli; a photographic or picture-image memory lasting no more than a few tenths of the second | |
| 432955448 | Echoing memory | a momentary memory of auditory stimuli; attention elsewhere, sounds in words can still be recalled within three or 4 seconds | |
| 432955449 | LTP (long-term potentiation) | cells that fire together wire together | |
| 432955450 | amnesia | loss of memory |
