The Psychobiological Process of Memory (VCE SSCE Psychology): Flashcards
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Aphantasia
Aphantasia
Inability to visualise mental images
Semantic memory
Semantic memory
Organised factual knowledge about the world
Episodic memory
Episodic memory
Personal experiences at specific times & places
Autobiographical memory
Autobiographical memory
Combines episodic & semantic elements from one's life
Reconstruction (memory)
Reconstruction (memory)
Combining stored info to form coherent, complete memory
Episodic future thinking
Episodic future thinking
Projecting forwards in time to imagine future scenarios
Alzheimer's disease
Alzheimer's disease
Neurodegenerative disease causing progressive brain decline
Anterograde amnesia
Anterograde amnesia
Inability to form new explicit long-term memories
Retrograde amnesia
Retrograde amnesia
Inability to retrieve previously stored memories
% of population with aphantasia
% of population with aphantasia
2-5%
