Memory

Definition Encoding is the process of converting information from our environment into a form tha...

Definition Encoding failure occurs when our brain fails to successfully convert information from ...

Definition Episodic memory refers to the ability to remember specific personal experiences or eve...

Definition Explicit memory refers to the ability to consciously recall specific information or pa...

Definition Flash bulb memory refers to a vivid, detailed, and long-lasting memory of an emotional...

Definition Implicit memory refers to the unconscious retention of information or experiences that...

Definition Long-term memory refers to the brain's ability to store information over extended peri...

Definition Memory is the process by which information is encoded, stored, and retrieved in the br...

Definition Memory consolidation is the process by which newly acquired information or skills are ...

Definition Memory construction refers to the process by which humans organize and interpret past ...

Definition Procedural memory is a type of long-term memory that stores information about how to p...

Definition Schacter's Seven Sins of Memory are seven common ways that human memory can fail us, i...

Definition The self-reference effect is a cognitive phenomenon where individuals tend to remember...

Definition Semantic memory is a type of long-term memory that stores general knowledge, facts, co...

Definition Sensory memory is a type of memory system that briefly holds sensory information immed...

Definition Short-term memory refers to the temporary storage system within our brains that holds ...

Definition Storage in human memory refers to the process by which information is retained and mad...