Anterograde Amnesia Flashcards
1
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T or F: HM was a real organic amnesia
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true
2
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What deficits did HM have?
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- deficit in learning and memory of new facts and events
- forget events as quickly as they occur
3
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What is anterograde amnesia?
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- can remember stuff from the past, but cannot make new memories
4
Q
What is impaired in this amnesia?
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- recollection of training experiences
- recall/ recognition of training materials
- insight into nature of acquired skill
5
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What memory is impaired in amnesia?
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Declarative memory
6
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What memory is preserved in amnesia?
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Procedural memory
7
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T or F: Normal memory is supported by multiple functionally distinct systems
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True
8
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What is declarative memory?
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- a type of long-term memory that involves conscious recollection of particular facts and events
- depends on hippocampus
9
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What is an example of declarative memory?
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the president of the U.S
10
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What memory created records of Who?, What?, Where? & When?
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declarative memory
11
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What is procedural memory?
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- knowing how supporting the acquisition and retention of skill
- you don’t think about doing a skill, you just do it
12
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What is emotional memory?
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- memory for emotional/ affective components of experience
- enhancement of declarative memory via emotion
13
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What is preserved memory in amnesia?
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- perception & action
- Reasoning & problem solving
- linguistic & social skills
- short-term memory
- memory for remote past
- expression of skill
14
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What was the hippocampal activity during the face-scene task?
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- hippocampal activity during scene-cue period ONLY for trials where participants go on to show preferential viewing of the remembered face at test
15
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T or F: Declarative memory is relational
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true
- it impacts multiple cognitive domains
