Glossary M

Memory monitoring refers to the awareness of what one is doing in memory at the moment.

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Memory process is defined as the brain activity caused by the experiencing of an environmental event.

Memory self -efficacy refers to the belief in one’s ability to perform a specific memory task.

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Memory span refers to a general measure of the amount of information that can be held in the short-term store.

Memory strategies. Please see Mnemonics.

Memory system is a kind of memory, such as Episodic memory, Semantic memory that operates on distinct principles and stores a distinct kind of information.

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Memory task refers to any task designed to test or assess memory.

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Memory trace refers to the remnant of an experience that remains in the brain after an experience has ended. Memory trace, also refers to the mental representation of stored information. Memory traces are physical changes in nerve cells or brain activity that take place when memories are stored.