PSYCH 100 Lecture Notes - Flashbulb Memory, Prefrontal Cortex, Frontal Lobe
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Process or processes of storing newly acquired information for later recall. Recall for a specific experience, or the total collection of remembered experiences stored in our brains. In memory, the process of perceiving information, then categorizing or organizing it in a meaningful way so that it can be more easily stored and recalled. Process by which encoded material is retained over time in memory. Process by which information stored in memory is accessed. First system in the three-system model of memory, in which brief impressions disappearing within a few seconds if they are not transferred to short-term memory. Immediate recollection of stimuli that have just been perceived and also called working memory. Unless it is transferred to long-term memory, information is this memory system is usually retained only momentarily. Information transferred from short-term to long-term memory may be stored for periods of time from minutes to years- perhaps even indefinitely.
