Biological Psychology Exam 4 Flashcards
declarative long-term memory
dependent on hippocampus, entorhinal cortex, medial temporal lobe
declarative memory
medial temporal lobe, diencephalon
skills and habits
striatum
priming
neocortex
simple classical conditioning
amygdala, cerebellum
non-associative learning
reflex pathways
LTM – explicit memory
episodic memories; often created after one experience
semantic memories
factual knowledge; can be shared by others; often require more exposures/practice to create LTM
glutamate receptors
most likely to change due to LTP
time cells
encode sequence of events
NMDA
usually blocked by magnesium but once enough SODIUM enters (by spatial summation), magnesium floats away and CALCIUM can enter
CREB
enters nucleus of neuron, alters gene expression