What Is the Facial-Feedback Hypothesis

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What is the facial-feedback hypothesis?

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Definitions:

Recall

The act of retrieving information or memories from the past without the use of explicit cues or stimuli.

Decay Theory

Theory stating that when an individual learns something new, a neurochemical memory trace forms, but over time this trace disintegrates; suggests that the passage of time always increases forgetting.

Neurochemical Memory

Refers to how memories are stored and retrieved through the action of neurotransmitters and neural pathways in the brain.

Memory Trace

The physical change in the brain, presumably involving synaptic modifications, that represents the memory of an experience.