consolidation

Examples of consolidation in the following topics:

• Neural Correlates of Memory Consolidation

  • Like encoding, consolidation affects how well a memory will be remembered after it is stored: if it is encoded and consolidated well, the memory will be easily retrieved in full detail, but if encoding or consolidation is neglected, the memory will not be retrieved or may not be accurate.
  • The amygdala is involved in memory consolidation—specifically, in how consolidation is modulated.
  • "Modulation" refers to the strength with which a memory is consolidated.
  • The amygdala is involved in enhancing the consolidation of emotional memories.
  • Analyze the role each brain structure involved in memory formation and consolidation

• Introduction to Memory Encoding

  • Memory consolidation is a category of processes that stabilize a memory trace after its initial acquisition.
  • Like encoding, consolidation influences whether the memory of an event is accessible after the fact.
  • Generally, encoding takes focus, while consolidation is more of a biological process.
  • Consolidation even happens while we sleep.
  • Give examples of how to optimize the different processes of memory encoding and consolidation

• Neural Correlates of Memory Storage

  • The hippocampus is essential for the consolidation of information from short-term to long-term memory; however, it does not seem to store information itself, adding mystery to the question of where memories are stored.
  • The processes of consolidating and storing long-term memories have been particularly associated with the prefrontal cortex, cerebrum, frontal lobe, and medial temporal lobe.
  • However, the permanent storage of long-term memories after consolidation and encoding appears to depend upon the connections between neurons, with more deeply processed memories having stronger connections.

• Introduction to Sleep

  • Most adults need seven to nine hours of sleep to recuperate from physical exertion, as well as to consolidate learning and memory.
  • Though scientists are still learning about the concept of basal sleep need (just how much sleep we need), research has demonstrated that sleeping too little can inhibit your productivity and your ability to remember and consolidate information.

• Short-Term and Working Memory

  • The process of transferring information from short-term to long-term memory involves encoding and consolidation of information.
  • The limbic system of the brain (including the hippocampus and amygdala) is not necessarily directly involved in long-term memory, but it selects particular information from short-term memory and consolidates these memories by playing them like a continuous tape.

• Transience and Encoding Failure

  • By creating connections or associations between new information and old information, will allow greater opportunity for memories to be consolidated, and therefore more easily recalled.

• Development of Gender Identity

  • Around age 5–7, gender identity becomes rigid in a process known as consolidation.
  • Queer theory developed in response to the perceived limitations of the way in which identities are thought to become consolidated or stabilized (for instance, gay or straight), and theorists constructed queerness in an attempt to resist this.

• Introduction to Memory Storage

  • Because long-term memories must be held for indefinite periods of time, they are stored, or consolidated, in a way that optimizes space for other memories.
  • Because of this consolidation process, memories are more accurate the sooner they are retrieved after being stored.

• Stages of Sleep

  • They have two proposed functions: K-complexes may suppress cortical arousal in response to stimuli that are not dangerous, and they may also help with sleep-based memory consolidation.
  • REM sleep is thought to be largely responsible for the time that our brains take to consolidate learning and memory.

• The Nature and Meaning of Dreams

  • The hypothesis states that the function of sleep is to process, encode, and transfer data from short-term memory to long-term memory through a process called consolidation.