Final: Week 5 VOCAB Flashcards
What is the process by which short-term memories are transformed into long-term memories?
Memory consolidation
What is the ability of the brain to change and adapt in response to experience?
Plasticity
What type of memory refers to the conscious, intentional recollection of factual information?
Declarative memory
What type of memory refers to the unconscious, automatic recall of skills and procedures?
Nondeclarative (procedural) memory
What type of memory refers to the memory of autobiographical events that can be explicitly stated?
Episodic memory
What type of memory refers to the memory of general knowledge and facts about the world?
Semantic memory
What is the process of acquiring new skills or improving existing ones through practice?
Skill learning
What is the phenomenon in which exposure to a stimulus influences a response to a later stimulus?
Priming
What is the process of learning associations between stimuli and behavioral responses?
Conditioning
What is the loss of memory, often due to brain injury, disease, or psychological trauma?
Amnesia
What is the area of the brain that is important for the formation of long-term memories?
Medial temporal lobe
What is the part of the brain involved in the reward system and in learning and memory?
Striatum
What is the outer layer of the cerebral hemispheres that is involved in higher functions such as sensory perception, cognition, and language?
Neocortex
What is the almond-shaped structure in the brain that is involved in the processing of emotions and memory?
Amygdala
What is the long-lasting enhancement in signal transmission between neurons that is thought to be a mechanism for learning and memory?
Long-term potentiation (LTP)
