01:830:101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 40: Limbic System, Explicit Memory, Sensory Memory

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: 01:830:101
• Professor: Professor Marvasti

Document Summary

Iconic memory: a momentary sensory memory of visual stimuli; a photographic or picture- image memory lasting no more than a few tenths of a second. Echoic memory: a momentary sensory memory of auditory stimuli; if attention is elsewhere, sounds and words can still be recalled within 3 or 4 seconds. Long-term potentiation (ltp: an increase in a synapse"s firing potential after brief, rapid stimulation. Believed to be a neural basis for learning and memory. Flashbulb memory: a clear memory of an emotionally significant moment or event. Implicit memory: retention independent of conscious recollection. (also called non- declarative or procedural memory. ) Explicit memory: memory of facts and experiences that one can consciously know and. Hippocampus: a neural center that is located in the limbic system; helps process explicit memories for storage. Recall: a measure of memory in which the person must retrieve information learned earlier, as on a fill-in-the-blank test.