Glossary M

Memory cue is defined as any stimulus associated with a particular memory. Memory cues often enhance retrieval.

Memory decay refers to the fading or weakening of memories assumed to occur when memory traces become weaker.

Memory loss which is also referred to as Amnesia is an abnormal degree of forgetfulness and/or inability to recall past events.

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

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.

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 cue