Flashcards: Foundations of Attention, Memory, and Learning — 10 cartões

Attentional processes — definition?

Brain functions that select relevant stimuli for focus.

Attentional processes — components?

Perceptual (automatic) and executive (voluntary) systems.

Arousal — role?

Regulates alertness and attention levels.

Reticular Activating System — role?

Regulates arousal and wakefulness.

Reticular Activating System — structure?

Brainstem network controlling wakefulness and arousal.

Executive attention system — function?

Manages focus, inhibits distractions, task switching.

Memory stages — list?

Encoding, storage, retrieval.

Memory types — examples?

Sensory, short-term, long-term.

Memory consolidation — process?

Strengthening and stabilizing memories.

Classical vs operant conditioning?

Associating stimuli vs behaviors with outcomes.