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Cortisol |
A steroid hormone secreted by the adrenal cortex as part of the body's response to stress |
A hormone from _______ |
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Epinephrine |
A hormone, commonly called adrenaline, realised by the body during stress |
The common _____ hormone |
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Synaptic plasticity |
The ability for neurons to change strength an I'm protons t underlying mechanism of memory formation |
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Paper circuit |
One of the major pathways of the limbic system involved in both forming and storing memories |
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Synaptic consolidation |
A form of memory consolidation that takes place in the first few hours after initial acquisition |
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System consolidation |
A process where memories stabilize and become independent of the hippocampus over a period of weeks to years |
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Engram |
The physical location of a memory. |
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Long term potentiation |
A long lasting increase in synaptic strength between neurons believed to be involved in memory storage |
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Anteriorgrade amnesia |
The inability to form new long term memories following an injury to the brain. |
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Retrograde amnesia |
A loss of memory for events that occurred right before a traumatic brain injury |
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Curve of forgetting |
A graph showing how most information is lost from memory immediately after memorization and then the rate of forgetting slows down |
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Encoding failure |
A cause of forgetting that occurs when information never enters the memory system |
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Alzheimers diease |
A form of dementia that leads to progressive declines in memory personality and intellect ad a result of widespread degeneration of brain cells |
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Proactive interference |
Forgetting that occurs when previously learned info interferes with the ability to learn new information |
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Dissociation |
The state in which one becomes somewhat removed from reality or performs actions and experienced thoughts without bring fully connected to them |
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Retroactive interference |
Forgetting that occurs when new information interferes with the ability to recall old information |
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Decay theory |
The gradual decline of a memory trace over time when information is not regularly used |
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Repression |
A psychological process in which traumatic memories are pushed out of conscious awareness |
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False memory syndrome |
The belief that one remembers events especially traumatic events which have not actually occurred |
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Iconic memory |
Brief mental representation of visual stimuli |
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Elaborative encoding |
Making information personal meaningful and connected to other things one already knows |
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Eidetic memory |
The ability to retain image in memory that are almost perfect photographic quality |
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Super memorist |
A person who has incredible ability to remember new information |
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Savant syndrome |
A condition where tremendous memory related abilities exist in an individual with severe mental disability |
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Metamemory |
The awareness of one's own memory processes |
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Over learning |
The process of continuing to practice or study material even after its been mastered |
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Recitation |
Summarizing aloud while reading |
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Test effect |
The improvement in recall and retention of material that results from repeated testing on that material |
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Spaced practice |
The process of learning new information over several sessions with rest between |
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Massed practice |
Learning new information in one long session without rest |
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Mnemonic device |
Any king of strategy or system that aids memory |
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