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Shortage of military therapists creates strain
2009-11-07T13:40:32-05:00

November 07, 2009 WASHINGTON - Amputations. Combat stress. Divorce. Suicide. For every physical and mental strain on service members, there's often a military therapist at their side. 


What Are the Basic Stages of Memory?
  • Sensory Memory Is Brief
  • Short-Term Memory Is Active
  • Long-Term Memory Is Relatively Permanent
What Are the Different Memory Systems?
  • Explicit Memory Involves Conscious Effort
  • Implicit Memory Occurs without Deliberate Effort
How Is Information Organized in Long-Term Memory?
  • Long-Term Memory Is a Temporal Sequence
  • Long-Term Storage Is Based on Meaning
  • Schemas Provide an Organizational Framework
  • Information Is Stored in Association Networks
  • Retrieval Cues Provide Access to Long-Term Storage
What Brain Processes Are Involved in Memory?
  • There Has Been Intensive Effort to Identify the Physical Location of Memory
  • The Medial Temporal Lobes Are Important for Consolidation of Declarative Memories
  • The Frontal Lobes Are Involved in Many Aspects of Memory
  • Neurochemistry Influences Memory
When Do People Forget?
  • Transience Is Caused by Interference
  • Blocking Is Temporary
  • Absentmindedness Results from Shallow Encoding
  • Amnesia Is a Deficit in Long-Term Memory
How Are Memories Distorted?
  • Flashbulb Memories Can Be Wrong
  • People Make Source Misattributions
  • People Make Bad Eyewitnesses
  • People Have False Memories
  • Repressed Memories Are Controversial
  • People Reconstruct Events to Be Consistent


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