Exam 6: Memory

The store of auditory information that decays very rapidly is called _____ memory.

Memories lose specificity over time;a fact associated with the _____ of memory.

New information can be held in short-term storage for several days before it is transferred to long-term memory.

Priming is a type of implicit memory process.

Devin was recently injured in a car accident on his way home from school.Afterwards,he was physically fine and had just a couple of scratches.However,he began to realize that he did not remember anything for the 2 hours before the accident.Devin is experiencing:

The statement "Cells that fire together wire together" implies that,as a result of information exchange between two neurons:

Predictions based on state-dependent retrieval state that,if you are emotionally upset when studying for a test,you will remember the material even better if you are in a good mood on the test day.

Semantic encoding is related to an increase of activity in which brain regions?

When Paul studies for a psychology test,he tries to remember important terms by relating them to his past experiences and knowledge.He is using the strategy of:

The encoding of survival-related information is effective because it often requires participants to engage in:

Katie learns how to swim one summer.The next summer,she goes to the pool and realizes that she still remembers how to swim.Katie is using _____ memory.

Studies using fMRI have revealed that the second time an object is viewed,there is _____ activity in the visual cortex,suggesting that priming makes perception of the object _____.

In a retrieval-induced forgetting paradigm,the _____ actively works to suppress answers that compete with the target response.

Short-term memory is to working memory as:

The hippocampus and the upper temporal lobe become activated when Abigail remembers the voice of her deceased grandfather.

Iconic memories persist slightly longer than do echoic memories.

Patient HM's memory loss was primarily due to the removal of a large section of the prefrontal cortex in an attempt to stop seizure activity.

Angus is asked to list his last three addresses on a job application.He writes down his current address but momentarily blanks on his previous addresses because his current address keeps popping into mind.Angus is experiencing:

Which brain region would be LEAST involved in visual imagery encoding?

Research by Hermann Ebbinghaus and others demonstrated that: