6.12-6.13

Question 1

Researchers tell that the certain parts of the brain can be the places where memories are made and these parts varies depending on the type of the memory

Answer 1

Neuroscience of Memory

Question 2

Nondeclarative memories

Answer 2

cerebellum

Question 3

Short-term memories

Answer 3

prefrontal cortex and the temporal lobe

Question 4

Memories associated with fear

Answer 4

amygdala

Question 5

Sensory information

Answer 5

thalamus

Question 6

Semantic and episodic long-term memories

Answer 6

frontal and temporal lobes

Question 7

episodic memory retrieva

Answer 7

posterior parietal cortex

Question 8

encoding and retrieval of episodic memories

Answer 8

posterior cingulate cortex

Question 9

the changes that take place in the structure and functioning of neurons when a memory is formed.

Answer 9

Consolidation

Question 10

part of the brain that is responsible for the formation of new long-term declarative memories.

Answer 10

Hippocampus

Question 11

was 16 years old when he began having severe epileptic seizures.

Answer 11

Henry Gustav Molaison

Question 12

caused by problems in brain function associated with brain trauma, disease, or aging

Answer 12

Organic Amnesia

Question 13

2 forms of severe loss of memory disorders caused by problems in the functioning of the memory areas of the brain.

Answer 13

Retrograde Amnesia
Anterograde Amnesia

Question 14

means “relating to the recent past

Answer 14

retro

Question 15

loss of memory from the point of injury backward.

Answer 15

Retrograde Amnesia

Question 16

one of the therapies for severe depression, has this kind of side effect

Answer 16

ECT or electroconvulsive therapy

Question 17

the consolidation process becomes disturbed and loses everything that was not already almost “finished.”

Answer 17

Retrograde Amnesia

Question 18

the loss of memories from the point of injury or illness forward

Answer 18

Anterograde Amnesia

Question 19

Have difficulty remembering anything new.

Answer 19

Anterograde Amnesia

Question 20

most common type of dementia found in adults and the elderly

Answer 20

Alzheimer’s Disease

Question 21

In Alzheimer’s disease, memory loss starts with forgetting new things and gets worse eventually.

Answer 21

(anterograde amnesia)

Question 22

As Alzheimer’s disease progresses, old memories started to fade too

Answer 22

(retrograde amnesia)

Question 23

of Alzheimer’s diseases are genetically influences and involves several different genetic variations

Answer 23

5%

Question 24

the inability to retrieve memories from much before age 3.

Answer 24

Infantile Amnesia

Question 25

which is the more verbal and conscious form of memory, does not really develop until after about age 2

Answer 25

Explicit memory,

Question 26

Early memories tend to be

Answer 26

implicit

Question 27

As children are able to talk about shared memories with adults, they begin to develop their autobiographical memory.

Answer 27

Katherine Nelson:

Question 28

the memory for events and facts related to one’s personal life story.

Answer 28

autobiographical memory