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  2. Memory consolidation - Wikipedia

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    Memory consolidation was first referred to in the writings of the renowned Roman teacher of rhetoric Quintillian.He noted the "curious fact... that the interval of a single night will greatly increase the strength of the memory," and presented the possibility that "... the power of recollection .. undergoes a process of ripening and maturing during the time which intervenes."

  3. Multiple trace theory - Wikipedia

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    In psychology, multiple trace theory is a memory consolidation model advanced as an alternative model to strength theory.It posits that each time some information is presented to a person, it is neurally encoded in a unique memory trace composed of a combination of its attributes. [1]

  4. Sleep and memory - Wikipedia

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    Young woman asleep over study materials. The relationship between sleep and memory has been studied since at least the early 19th century.Memory, the cognitive process of storing and retrieving past experiences, learning and recognition, [1] is a product of brain plasticity, the structural changes within synapses that create associations between stimuli.

  5. Chunking (psychology) - Wikipedia

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    In cognitive psychology, chunking is a process by which small individual pieces of a set of information are bound together to create a meaningful whole later on in memory. [1] The chunks, by which the information is grouped, are meant to improve short-term retention of the material, thus bypassing the limited capacity of working memory and ...

  6. Physiological psychology - Wikipedia

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    Physiological psychology is a subdivision of behavioral neuroscience (biological psychology) that studies the neural mechanisms of perception and behavior through direct manipulation of the brains of nonhuman animal subjects in controlled experiments.

  7. How to consolidate debt without hurting your credit

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    Debt consolidation can lower your credit score temporarily, but your score will improve if you make payments on time. Other tools like debt management plans and bankruptcy can help you manage debt.

  8. Encoding (memory) - Wikipedia

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    He used these relatively meaningless words so that prior associations between meaningful words would not influence learning. He found that lists that allowed associations to be made and semantic meaning to be apparent were easier to recall. Ebbinghaus' results paved the way for experimental psychology in memory and other mental processes.

  9. Pros and cons of debt consolidation

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    Debt consolidation is the process of combining several debts into one new loan, sometimes with a lower interest rate. Although it sounds like an ideal solution, there are both pros and cons ...