Declarative Memory

Question 1

What are the two general categories of memory?

Answer 1

Declarative
Nondeclarative

Question 2

Memory for facts and events

Answer 2

Declarative

Question 3

Memory for skills and behavior

Answer 3

Non declarative

Question 4

Are declarative or nondeclarative memories easier to learn and easier to forget?

Answer 4

Declarative

Question 5

What categories can declarative memory be divided into?

Answer 5

Short-term memory
Long-term memory
Working memory

Question 6

The loss of memory

Answer 6

Amnesia

Question 7

What can cause amnesia

Answer 7

concussion
chronic alcoholism
brain tumors
stroke

Question 8

What are the two types of amnesia?

Answer 8

Retrograde amnesia
Anterograde amnesia

Question 9

Memory loss for events prior to the trauma

Answer 9

Retrograde amnesia

Question 10

True or False
Memory only relies the sense of vision

Answer 10

False

Question 11

An area of the brain involved in both both a visual recognition and memory storage

Answer 11

Inferotemporal cortex

Question 12

Neurons that respond more to faces than to non-face objects

Answer 12

Face cells

Question 13

What percentage of cells respond to faces and not other visual stimuli

Answer 13

20%

Question 14

Do face cells respond to color or strength of illumination?

Answer 14

no

Question 15

Do face cells responses vary with 3d orientation?

Answer 15

Yes

Question 16

Can some neurons exclusively activate for specific individuals, landmarks, or objects?

Answer 16

Yes

Question 17

What brain structures were removed from case study H.M

Answer 17

temporal lobe was removed bilaterally (cortex, hippocampus and amygdala)

Question 18

What remained unaffected after H.M.’s procedure

Answer 18

perception, intelligence, and personality

Question 19

What was affected by H.M.’s procedure?

Answer 19

Partial retrograde amnesia for two years preceding the operation and severe anterograde amnesia

Question 20

Was H.M.’s procedural memory affected by his procedure?

Answer 20

No

Question 21

What part of N.A.’s brain was damaged?

Answer 21

thalamus

Question 22

What was the effect of N.A.’s accident?

Answer 22

Severe anterograde amnesia and retrograde amnesia 2 years prior to the accident

Question 23

What type of memories did N.A. have difficulty forming after the trauma?

Answer 23

Declarative

Question 24

What type of memory is the thalamus connected to?

Answer 24

Declarative