Memory

memory loss due to an inability to transfer information from short-term to long-term memory

combining smaller pieces of information together to form larger units

when memories are more easily retrieved in a setting that matches the setting in which original learning took place

learning sessions that are spread out over time, usually with breaks

the process of actively enhancing stored information with related information

the process of transforming perceptions, feelings, and thoughts into enduring mental structures

stored collection of personal experiences

stored information that can be consciously retrieved; factual information

recollection that is believed to be true but is actually contrary to fact

memory for behaviors people learn and retrieve without conscious awareness

system storing facts, experience, and skills for periods ranging from a few minutes to a lifetime

increase in the strength of a connection between neurons that lasts from minutes to days

continuous learning sessions with no rest breaks

process of transferring information from short-term and working memory to long-term memory

technique that enhances learning and retrieval

nonconscious memory effect in which exposure to a cue influences the activation or recall of words, objects, or ideas

tendency of earlier learning to impair memory for information acquired later

acquisition of skills; "knowing how"

mental process that removes unwanted thoughts and memories from conscious awareness

process of bringing to consciousness information that was previously encoded and stored

stimulus that brings previously learned information to consciousness

tendency of later learning to impair memory of information learned earlier

inability to retrieve information that was stored earlier

network of associated concepts that makes up a person's knowledge of the world

storage of information from the senses that lasts a few seconds or less

tendency to remember more information from the beginning and end of an event than from the middle

system storing information for more than a few seconds but less than a minute

inability to remember the context in which a memory was formed

information in short-term storage that is being actively processed