UNIT 5 Storing and Retrieving Memories
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| Semantic Memory | explicit memory of facts and general knowledge; one of our two conscious memory systems (the other is episodic memory).
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| Episodic Memory | explicit memory of personally experienced events; one of our two conscious memory systems (the other is semantic memory).
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| Hippocampus | a neural center located in the limbic system; helps process explicit (conscious) memories-of facts and events-for storage.
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| Memory Consolidation | the neural storage of a long-term memory.
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| Flashbulb Memory | a clear, sustained memory of an emotionally significant moment or event.
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| Long-Term Potentiation (LTP) | an increase in a cell's firing potential after brief, rapid stimulation; a neural basis for learning and memory.
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| Priming | the activation, often unconsciously, of particular associations in memory.
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| Encoding Specificity Principle | the idea that cues and contexts specific to a particular memory will be most effective in helping us recall it.
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| Mood-Congruent Memory | the tendency to recall experiences that are consistent with one's current good or bad mood.
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| Serial Position Effect | our tendency to recall best the last (recency effect) and first (primacy effect) items in a list.
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