Higher Cortical Function

Question 1

Damage to the pre-frontal cortex can lead to what types of behaviour.

Answer 1

Impulsive
Disinhibited behaviour (aggression and sexual appropriateness)
Cognition issues

Question 2

Where does damage have to occur to cause problem switch calculations and writing?

Answer 2

Left parietal lobe mainly

Question 3

What hemisphere is associated with what?

Answer 3

Left - language and mathematic functions

Right - visuospatial awareness, body image, musical ability

Question 4

Difference between declarative(explicit) and non-declarative (implicit) memories.

Where are each stored?

Where are short term memories stored?
Long term?

Answer 4

Factual information
Motor skills and emotion

Cortex
Basal ganglia and cerebellum

As reverbations in cortical circuitry

Cerebral cortex and cerebellum

Question 5

Give three factors affecting consolidation.

Answer 5

Emotional context
Associated
Rehearsal

Question 6

Two ways in which memory can improve.

Answer 6

Long term potentiation (synaptic strengthening)

Axonal sprouting

Question 7

What is primary output pathway for memory consolidation?

Answer 7

Hippocampus -> fornix -> mammillary bodies -> thalamus -> cortex

Question 8

What is the function of the fornix?

Answer 8

Carries information from the hippocampus to the hypothalamus