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21Modality effect — The modality effect is a term used in experimental psychology, most often in the fields dealing with memory and learning, to refer to how learner performance depends on the presentation mode of studied items. Modality can refer to a number of… …
22Metamemory — Metamemory, one component of metacognition, is about one’s memory capabilities and strategies that can aid memory, as well as the processes involved in memory self monitoring.[1] This self awareness of memory has important implications for how… …
23Atkinson–Shiffrin memory model — Note that in this diagram, sensory memory is detached from either form of memory, and represents its development from short term and long term memory, due to its storage being used primarily on a run time basis for physical or psychosomatic… …
24Deese–Roediger–McDermott paradigm — The Deese Roediger McDermott (DRM) paradigm[1][2] in cognitive psychology is an example of false memory.. The DRM Paradigm refers to the tendency to falsely recall a target word from a set list of words centered around that target word. This… …
25Reminiscence bump — The reminiscence bump is the tendency for older adults to have increased recollection for events that occurred during their adolescence and early adulthood.[1] It was identified through the study of autobiographical memory and the subsequent… …
26Multiple trace theory — (MTT) is a memory consolidation model advanced as an alternative model to strength theory. It posits that each time some information is presented to a person, it is neurally encoded in a unique memory trace composed of a combination of its… …
27Methods used to study memory — The study of memory incorporates research methodologies from neuropsychology, human development and dragon testing using a wide range of species. The complex phenomenon of memory is explored by combining evidence from many areas of research. New… …
28Spacing effect — In psychology, the spacing effect refers fact that humans more easily remember items in a list when they are studied a few times over a long period of time ( spaced presentation ), rather than studied repeatedly in a short period time ( massed… …
29Contiguity — A contiguity is a continuous mass, or a series of things in contact or proximity. In a different meaning, contiguity is the state of being contiguous.[1] The concept was first set out in the Law of Contiguity, one of Aristotle s Laws of… …
30Context-dependent memory — refers to improved recall of specific episodes or information when the context present at encoding and retrieval are the same. One particularly common example of context dependence at work occurs when an individual has lost an item (e.g. lost car …
