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Consolidation theory

Consolidation theory. CONSOLIDATION THEORY. In order for information to be transferred from Short-Term Memory to Long-Term Memory a period of time for consolidation is required to ensure it is permanently stored.

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Consolidation theory

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  1. Consolidation theory

  2. CONSOLIDATION THEORY • In order for information to be transferred from Short-Term Memory to Long-Term Memory a period of time for consolidation is required to ensure it is permanently stored. • Consolidation refers to the physical changes are made to the neurons in the brain when something new is being learned and immediately following learning. • These changes form the ‘memory’ of what has been learned. • If there is a disruption during the consolidation phase the information may not be embed in Long-Term Memory. • Consolidation is a gradual process that takes up to 30 minutes.

  3. Consolidation Theory (cont...) • EVIDENCE for the Consolidation Theory: • People who have experienced brain trauma reported they could not remember anything that occurred during a period of about 30 minutes prior to the brain injury • Animal research shows that rats that were given Electro-Convulsive Shock Therapy after learning to run a maze could only remember what they had learnt if the shocks occurred after 60 minutes of learning the maze. • It has also been proposed that after a memory has been activated and retrieved from LTM it needs to be consolidated again in order to be stored back in LTM. This is called Reconsolidation

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