New Activity
Play Matching Pairs

When new information causes forgetting of old information.

Old information that interferes with new learning (learning a new address with old address creeping in).

Memory of experiences (A type of explicit memory).

The ability of neural connections to form rapidly in response to stimuli.

When a persons mental state affects their recall (you will be able to recall information learned while intoxicated better if you are intoxicated).

Memory of facts. (A type of explicit memory)

The process of merely identifying a piece of information. (Easier that retrieval/recall)

Process of demonstrating that something has been learned and retained.

Retrieval error caused by the existence of other, unusually similar, information.

The brains organization of concepts that are linked together based on similar meaning.

As we age, weak neural connections are broken while strong connections are bolstered.

SEMANTIC MEMORY

SYNAPTIC PRUNING

EPISODIC MEMORY

PROACTIVE INTERFERENCE

RETRIEVAL

RECOGNITION

NEUROPLASTICITY

RETROACTIVE INTERFERENCE

INTERFERENCE

STATE-DEPENDENT EFFECT

SEMANTIC NETWORK