front 1 semantic memory | back 1 explicit memory of facts and general knowledge; one of our two conscious memory systems (the other is episodic memory) |
front 2 episodic memory | back 2 explicit memory of personally experienced events; one of our two conscious memory systems (the other is semantic memory) |
front 3 hippocampus | back 3 a neural center that is located in the limbic system and helps process explicit memory for storage |
front 4 memory consolidation | back 4 the neural storage of a long-term memory |
front 5 flashbulb memory | back 5 a clear memory of an emotionally significant moment or event |
front 6 long-term potentiation (LTP) | back 6 an increase in a synapse's firing potential after brief, rapid stimulation. Believed to be a neural basis for learning and memory |
front 7 priming | back 7 the activation, often unconsciously, of certain associations, thus predisposing one's perception, memory, or response |
front 8 encoding specificity principle | back 8 the idea that cues and contexts specific to a particular memory will be most effective in helping us recall it |
front 9 mood-congruent memory | back 9 the tendency to recall experiences that are consistent with one's current good or bad mood |
front 10 serial position effect | back 10 our tendency to recall best the last and first items in a list |