Chapter 12.2: The Hippocampus and the Striatum Flashcards
What is anterograde amnesia?
Inability to form new memories
What was the status of working memory in patient H.M.?
His working memory seemed normal unless he was distracted
Which of the following was most severely impaired in patient H.M.?
Episodic memory
Why is it unsurprising that H.M. had intact procedural memory?
Procedural memory depends on the striatum, not the hippocampus
What type of memory do the radial maze and Morris water maze test?
Spatial memory
Evidence that rats can imagine the future came from recordings from what type of cell?
Place cells
Why are certain cells in the entorhinal cortex called grid cells?
They respond to locations distributed on a hexagonal grid
The striatum is primarily responsible which type of learning?
Gradually learning habits
Someone with semantic dementia has lost which of the following?
Factual knowledge
