Chapter 9

Question 0

Declarative memory (Long term memory)

Answer 0

can be consciously accessed

• episodic memory (events)
• semantic memory (facts)

Question 1

Long Term Potentiation

Memory

Answer 1

1) more dendritic receptors

2) more neurotransmitters

Question 2

Non-declarative memory (Implicit memor)

Answer 2

memories that are not consciously accessible

skills

Question 3

anterograde amnesia

Answer 3

memory for events that have occurred after brain damage

acquiring new memories

Question 4

retrograde amnesia

Answer 4

memory for events that occurred before brain damage

remembering events from before injury

Question 5

Kosakoff’s syndrome

Answer 5

amnesia arising from long term alcoholism

Question 6

HM: Henry Molaison

Answer 6

had epileptic seizures starting at age 10, operated on at age 27
surgeon removed bilateral medial temporal lobes & hippocampus
resulting in profound amnesia

Question 7

amnesia & memory impairments

Answer 7

often lose:
episodic memory
semantic memory
-new acquisition typically impaired 
-retrieval of older semantic info typically in tact

STM & LT nondeclarative & normal digit span (7+/- 2) preserved

Question 8

memory consolidatio

Answer 8

process by which moment to moment changes in brain activity are translated into permanent structural changes in the brain

Question 9

hippocampus binds experiences

Answer 9

initially the hippocampus binds together different aspects of a memory that are represented in the cortex; over time the cortical units become bound together and the memory is independent of the hippocampus

Question 10

amnesia as a deficit in consolidation

Answer 10

in humans consolidation may take years which is why we see retrograde amnesia for more recently acquired knowledge or events. Amnesia appears to be a result of deficits in consolidation

Question 11

Ribot’s Law

Answer 11

Events from earlier in life are easier to recall

the older the event, the more consolidated it is and the less dependent it is on the hippocampus