Chapter 13: Learning and Memory Flashcards
The process by which experiences change our nervous system and our behavior
Learning
Long-term changes in the nervous system following learning
Memory
Learning, memory, and their effects on behavior are only possible through the brain’s ______.
Plasticity
4 Steps of learning and memory:
Encoding (learning) –> Consolidation (memory) –> Storage (memory) –> Retrieval (memory)
What (on a physical level) can make certain neurons more likely to fire together?
More AMPA receptor sites
Larger surface area
Synapses move closer together
True or false: We need emotion to learn!
Yeah, that amygdala.
The most essential part of relational learning is the __________.
hippocampus
Consolidation
The conversion of short-term to long-term
Consolidation involves the ______ ____.
hippocampal formation
Describe reconsolidation
Modification of long-term memories