13. Amnesia

Question 1

What does amnesia mean people cannot do? (ccc amnesia)

Answer 1

take in new information

Question 2

What is anterograde amnesia? (ccc amnesia)

Answer 2

Often occurs after brain injuries where new memories are severely affected

Question 3

How is the LTM tested in amnesic patients? (ccc amnesia)

Answer 3

The complex figure test

Question 4

Tests of learning use what format? (ccc amnesia)

Answer 4

Recall or recognition

Question 5

What can amnesic patients form and what task is used to demonstrate this? (ccc amnesia)

Answer 5

New, unconscious memories

Mirror tracing task

Question 6

In terms of the declarative memory theory, which features are affected by amnesia? (ccc amnesia)

Answer 6

Episodic and semantic stores

Question 7

What is the multiple trace theory? (ccc amnesia)

Answer 7

Every time you retrieve a memory and then re-code it, a new set of connections between the hippocampus and the cortex are made

Question 8

What is semantic dementia? (ccc amnesia)

Answer 8

Difficulty in remembering the meanings of words or concepts

Question 9

What id semantic demote caused by? (ccc amnesia)

Answer 9

Damage to the lateral temporal cortex

Question 10

What is confabulation? (ccc amnesia)

Answer 10

A disorder where subjects have muddled memories, which they perceive to be real