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Chapter 12: Learning and Memory Flashcards

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Who is Henry Molaison?

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A young boy who cracked his skull while riding a bike and experienced frequent seizures. His case allowed for knowing more about how memory worked in the brain.

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What was removed in Henry’s surgery?

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Medial temporal lobe specifically hippocampus and amygdala

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What happened after Henry’s surgery?

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He functioned well and had fewer seizures but could not form new memories. He was only able to remember memories from before his surgery.

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What is anterograde amnesia?

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The inability to form new memories after an injury

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What is retrograde amnesia?

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The inability to recall old memories before the injruy

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What is needed to form new declarative memories?

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hippocampus

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What is consolidation?

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the process where the brain is forming a physical representation of memories

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What is retrieval?

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The accessing of memories

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What is needed for consolidation and retrieval?

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glutamate

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What happens when glutamate receptors are blocked?

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It prevents consolidation and retrieval for memories

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Where are memories stored?

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In the prefrontal cortex and hippocampus for consolidation and retrieval. Other areas in the brain are used to store physical memories.

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What are place cells?

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Cells that fire when in a specific environment. These cells are found in both humans and primates.

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What is declarative memory?

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knowing facts, people, and events

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What is non-declarative memory?

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knowing memories of behaviors, skills, procedures, emotions

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What is needed for declarative memory?

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the hippocampus

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What is needed for non-declarative memory?

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striatum (a part of the basal ganglia)

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What memory was intact in Henry Molaison?

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non-declaritive

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What is a working memory?

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Where memory is temporarily stored. Working memory matches old memory with new memory.

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What is used in working memory?

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the prefrontal cortex

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What is Hebb’s rule?

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When neurons fire together, the synapse strengthen together.

“cells that fire together, wire together”

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What is long-term potentiation(LTP)?

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synapses become stronger over time

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What is long-term depression(LDP)?

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decrease in synaptic strength due to weak pre-synaptic activity towards post-synaptic cell

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What is associative LTP?

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When a weak synapse is present when two strong synapses are together

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What stimulates LTP?

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high frequency

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What stimulates LTD?

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low frequency

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What is LTP used for?

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forming and recalling memories

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What is LTD used for?

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deleting memories, editing incorrect memories

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What is associative LTP used for?

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classical conditioning

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How is learning measured?

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theta waves from 4 to 7 Hz

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What is necessary for LTP?

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two glutamate synapses which are AMPA and NMDA. AMPA opens sodium channels and causes excitatory postsynaptic potential. As well as NMDA that opens calcium channels

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What was concluded in the taxi study?

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Drivers with more experience have large posterior growth in the hippocampus

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What two enzymes are necessary for consolidation?

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CaMKII for the establishment of LTP and protein kinase M theta for long-term memory

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When does consolidation take place?

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sleep

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What happens to neurons during learning?

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hippocampus adds neurons (neurogenesis) as seen in taxi driver study.

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What is extinction?

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The deleting of memories through learning requires the activation of NMDA. Similar to Pavlov’s dogs that will stop doing a behavior and is still learning

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What is forgetting?

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the active biological process of removing useless information through enzyme PP1 and rac protein

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What is reconsolidation?

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during memory retrieval that corrects errors and refines memories. Can create false memories in the process.

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What was once believed about dementia?

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Researchers believed that dementia was inevitable and was bound to happen

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What can memory loss be attributed to?

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myelin/neuron loss and impaired LTP

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What can slow down memory loss?

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enriched activities like crossword puzzles and even exercise

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What is the reserve hypothesis?

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an active lifestyle can promote neurogenesis like reading or exercising

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What did the nun study conclude?

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More elaborate writing journals can decrease memory loss

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What is Alzheimer’s disease?

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the deterioration of the brain that results in memory loss

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Who is affected by Alzheimer’s disease?

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10% of people who are over 65 and 50% of those over 85

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What are the symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease?

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aggressive, confused about environment and those around them, and loss of reason

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What are some neural abnormalities?

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amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles

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What are amyloid plaques?

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an interference in neural transmission. Clumps of amyloid protein will cluster around axon terminals and interfere with transmission signals

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What are neurofibrillary tangles?

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An abnormal increase of tau protein causes neural death.

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What happens to the brain when one has Alzheimer’s disease?

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There is a loss of neurons in the temporal/frontal lobe, enlarged ventricles, and isolated hippocampus

50
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How many genes are confirmed for Alzheimer’s?

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4

51
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What is the breakdown of genes for Alzheimer’s?

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3 early onset for those less than 60 and 1 late on set for those older than 60

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What gene has the highest risk and is related to neural abnormality?

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APOE ε4 that causes 3-8x more risk

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What are the 4 genes in Alzheimer’s?

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APP, Presenilin 1 &2, and APOE ε4

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What are some environmental factors that contribute to Alzheimer’s?

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pesticides, lead exposure, and chronic stress

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What are some treatments for Alzheimer’s?

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Memantine for glutamate, drugs that remove tangles and plaques that are somewhat effective but not really. Most of the treatment can slow down but will not cure it

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How is Alzheimer’s detected?

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brain scans like PET and MRI

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What is Korkasoff’s syndrome?

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brain deterioration that is caused by alcoholism.

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What is damaged in Korkasoff’s syndrome?

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mamillary bodies, medial thalamus as well as abnormal frontal lobe

59
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What deficiency is found in Korkasoff’s syndrome?

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Low thiamine (B1) where calories are taken in through alcohol rather than food

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What are the symptoms found in Korkasoff’s syndrome?

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anterograde amnesia, confabulation(reality vs. memory), but intact non-declarative memory

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What is confabulation?

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the inability to distinguish what is real and a memory due to frontal lobe damage

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What is some treatment for Korkasoff’s syndrome?

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High thiamine intake but little treatment as it can’t be reversed

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