Storing Memories

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Maintenance rehearsal

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Rehearsing information over time which may prolong storage.

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Elaborative rehearsal

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Rehearsing information over time in ways that promote meaning which helps with memory retention.

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Autobiographical memory

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A type of long-term memory that is responsible for remembering personal experiences and events.

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Retrograde amnesia

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Memory is lost for occurrences prior to a certain event, but not for new events.

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Anterograde amnesia

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Memory is lost for events that follow an event.

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Alzheimer’s disease

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Progressive brain disorder that leads to a gradual and irreversible decline in cognitive abilities.

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Infantile amnesia

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Inability to recall memories from early childhood (typically before age 3-4).