13- Experience-Dependent Plasticity

Question 1

Two types of declarative/explicit memory

Answer 1

• Semantic

- Episodic

Question 2

What is semantic memory

Answer 2

Factual knowledge about the world

Question 3

What is episodic memory

Answer 3

Events, Autobiographical

Question 4

What is the Principle of Equipotentiality

Answer 4

All cortical regions can mediate learning equally

Question 5

What is the Principle of Mass action

Answer 5

Ability to learn is proportional to the amount of cortex available

Question 6

What type of memories are stored in the hippocampus

Answer 6

• Declarative

- Spatial

Question 7

What type of memories are stored in the cerebellum

Answer 7

Procedural memories (simple Pavlovian associations)

Question 8

What type of memories are stored in the amygdala

Answer 8

Emotional memories (Pavlovian associations)

Question 9

What type of memories are stored in the frontal cortex

Answer 9

Short-term/working memory

Question 10

Hebb postulated that cells change in the connection when

Answer 10

Cell A is near enough to excite a cell B and repeatedly or persistently fire, some growth process or metabolic change takes place in one or both cells that A’s efficacy to cell B is increased