What is the difference between automatic and effortful processing and what are some examples of each?
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At which of Atkinson-Shiffrin's three memory stages would iconic and echoic memory occur?
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Which strategies are better for long-term retention: cramming and re-reading material, or spreading out learning over time and repeatedly testing yourself?
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If you try to make the material you are learning personally meaningful, are you processing at a shallow or a deep level? Which level leads to greater retention?
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What part of the brain is used for explicit memory formation?
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What part of the brain is used for implicit memory formation?
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What part of the brain is used for emotion-related memory formation?
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Your friend has experienced brain damage in a car accident. He can remember how to tie his shoes, but not anything told to him in conversation. What's going on?
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What are our two memory systems?
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What is long-term potentiation (LTP)?
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Which brain areas respond to stress hormones by helping to create stronger memories?
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This neural basis for learning and memory, found at the synapses in memory-circuit connections, results from brief, rapid stimulation. It is called...
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If you want to make sure you are really remembering information for an upcoming test, would it be better to use recall or recognition and why?
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Is memory more like a container being filled or a tree growing hooks into which memories are hung