Memory Review

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Anterograde Amnesia

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A condition in which a person is unable to create new memories after the event that caused the amnesia.

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Automatic Processing

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The unconscious encoding of incidental information, such as space, time, and frequency, and of well-learned information.

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Ebbinghaus’ Forgetting Curve

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A hypothesis that describes the decline of memory retention in time, showing how information is lost over time when there is no attempt to retain it.

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Effortful Processing

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Encoding that requires attention and conscious effort.

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Elaborative Rehearsal

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A memory technique that involves thinking about the meaning of the term to be remembered, as opposed to simply repeating the word to yourself over and over.

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Episodic Memory

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The memory of autobiographical events (times, places, associated emotions, and other contextual knowledge) that can be explicitly stated.

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Explicit Memory

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Memory of facts and experiences that one can consciously know and declare.

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Hippocampus

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A region of the brain that is associated primarily with memory. It plays an important role in the consolidation of information from short-term memory to long-term memory.

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Basal Ganglia

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A group of structures linked to the thalamus in the base of the brain and involved in coordination of movement. Related to procedural memory and habits.

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Implicit Memory

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Retention independent of conscious recollection.