Brain Bee Chapter 11 - Jacey Flashcards
memories are central to our _____
individuality
The brain has multiple _____ systems with different characteristics and mediated by different neuronal networks.
memory
on what are memory formations thought to depend on?
synaptic plasticity
what does “working-memory” hold?
information in your mind for a short period of time
what is the larger, more passive storehouse of information called?
long-term memory
name the processes of short-term working memory system of the brain:
Visuo-Spatial Sketch Pad, Central Executive System, Auditory Short Term Store
true or false:
the brain has a system for holding on to and working with small amounts of information very accurately.
true
what is central to this system?
fidelity
name the system that controls the flow of information
central executive system
There is a _________ store alongside a silent rehearsal loop - the bit of your brain that you use to say things to yourself
phonological
the visual sketchpad can hold onto images long enough for you to…
manipulate in your mind’s eye
where is working memory located?
frontal and parietal
lobes.
true or false?
long-term memory is not sub-divided into different
systems located in widely dispersed networks of the brain.
false!
long-term memory is sub-divided into different systems
skills are learned through which two types of practices?
deliberate and extensive.
name two brain areas that are involved with conditioning:
cerebellum, basal ganglia
name the last type of memory system in the brain.
episodic
why does the episodic system must learn quickly?
because it has to.
what condition(s) have helped neuroscientists learn about episodic memory?
stroke, brain tumours, viral infections (herpes encephalitis)
who said the following?
“It is not so much the injury that captures our
attention as how, through injury or disease, normal
function is laid bare.”
Sir Henry Head
which condition can make people forget certain things that happened recently?
amnesia
true or false?
amnesics can see fine and copy complex drawings very accurately, but they cannot remember it for very long.
true.
define retrogade amnesia.
patients cannot remember events that occurred before they became ill.
which two structures are very important for episodic memory? name them and their abbreviations.
perirhinal cortex (PRH) hippocampus (HIPPO)
name a type of Alzheimer’s disease.
semantic dementia
what is an important discovery? (this has to do with cells)
place cells
true or false?
studying neurological patients carefully helps us to discover where memory functions are in the brain,
true
scientists believe that cognitive engineering will be need _________ drugs
alongside
who developed the idea of a working memory?
Alan Baddeley
