The process of storing information and moving it into long term memory

Encoding

The process of accessing information in long term memory and bringing it into your working memory

Retrieval

The process of solidifying and removing the fragility of temporary information for storage in long term memory

Consolidation

The process of reintroducing the fragility of something in long term memory in order to modify or remove it. It is important to learning

Reconsolidation

Processing that emphasizes things like meaning and attempts to create relational ties with previous knowledge

Deep Processing

Processing that is focused on what the term is without much care for the meaning or how it relates to other information you already have. May be adaptive

Shallow Processing

A shallow processing technique that encodes the information with minimal detail

Maintenance Rehearsal

A deep processing technique that encodes the information in relation to other already present knowledge and with attention given to meaning

Elaborative Rehearsal

A positive effect on memory encoding and retrieval that is the result of relating the information to yourself

Self-Reference Effect

A positive effect on memory encoding and retrieval that is the result of creating an image that relates multiple things together that you are trying to learn

Visual Imagery and Paired-Associate Learning

A positive effect on memory encoding and retrieval that is the result of thinking about the information in relation to survival

Survival Processing

A positive effect on memory encoding and retrieval that is the result of creating and manipulating the information

Generation Effect

A positive effect on memory encoding that is the result of organizing the information you are trying to learn. There is a greater depth of processing and meaning association this way

Organization and Context Effect

The improved retrieval of information based on the mood in which it was encoded

State-Dependent Learning

The improved retrieval of information based on the similarity of how you encoded and practiced the information

Transfer-Appropriate Processing

A structural change at the synapse which occurs more quickly in the consolidation process. Increases excitatory potential for more effective firing and size or density changes may occur as well

Synaptic Consolidation

An increased rate of firing that occurs as a structural change in the memory consolidation process

Long-Term Potentiation

A reorganization of the neural circuits and path of firing that occurs in conjunction with synaptic consolidation but at a slower rate. Different theories for the involvement of the hippocampus in the process

Systems Consolidation