M 26

Question 1

Echoic memory

Answer 1

A momentary sensory memory of auditory stimuli; if attention is elsewhere, sounds and words can still be recalled within 3 or 4 seconds

Question 2

Long-term potentiation (LTP)

Answer 2

An increase in a synapse’s firing potential after brief, rapid stimulation. Believed to be a neural basis for learning and memory

Question 3

Amnesia

Answer 3

The loss of memory

Question 4

Implicit memory

Answer 4

Retention independent of consensus recollection (procedural memory)

Question 5

Explicit memory

Answer 5

Memory of facts and experiences that one can consciously know and “declare” (declarative memory)

Question 6

Hippocampus

Answer 6

A neural center that is located in the lambic system and helps process explicit memories for storage

Question 7

Iconic memory

Answer 7

A momentary sensory memory of visual stimuli; a photographic or picture image memory lasting no more than a few tenth of a second