L32 Neuroscience - Memory Flashcards

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what are the two types of memory?

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long and short term

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what are the 2 types of long term memory?

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declarative (explicit) and non-declarative (implicit)

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what are examples of declarative memory?

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events (episodic) and facts (semantic)

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what is an example of non-declarative memory?

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procedural, perceptual representation, classical conditioning, non-associative learning

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what is procedural memory?

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motor memory

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what is perceptual memory?

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long term sensory memory

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what is the Atkinson and Shiffrin Modal Model?

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items are selected by attentional processes and then moved to short term memory, rehearsal moves them from short-term to long-term memory

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what is the phonological loop?

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it encodes information acoustically in working memory

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what is the visuospatial sketch pad?

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it encodes information visually in working memory

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what is the neurological basis of memory?

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persistent firing of neurons in frontal cortex, when they stop, memory stops

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what long term changes in brain allow long term memory?

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formation of engrams

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what result came from rat experiments to find where in brain memory is stored?

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the size of the cut from brain correlated with amount of errors made by rats

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what type of memory does not require hippocampus?

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procedural memory

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what is the problem with rat experiments and memory?

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animals have no episodic memories - rats require heavy training

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what is the plastictity mechanism?

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the changeability of something

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what is Donal Hebb’s Organisation of Behaviour?

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neurons that are activated at the same time are more likely to become rewired together

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what is long term potentiation?

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long lasting strengthening response of a nerve cell that with repeated stimulation is related to learning and long term memory

18
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what is LTP involved in?

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plasticity of memory

19
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what is neuronal plasticity?

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the ability of the nervous system to be modified after birth

20
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what is synpatic plasticity?

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the strengthening or weakening of synaptic junctions

21
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what receptor does LTP need to occur?

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Glutamate NMDA and AMPA

22
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what happens when LTP is disrupted?

A

memory is disrupted

23
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what receptors are crucial for encoding and recall of spatial memory?

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hippocampal NMDA

24
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how are short term memories translated into long-term memories?

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memory consolidation

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what occurs during amensia?
a preiod of sensitivity/ distractability
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what is retrograde amnesia?
you don't remember what happened yesterday but you remembered before you hit your head
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what is retrograde amnesia?
you don't remember what happened yesterday but you remembered before you hit your head
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what is ansiomycin?
a protein synthesis blocker - blocks LTP
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what is amygdala required for?
fear conditioning and context fear conditioning
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what is the hippocampus required for?
contextual fear conditioning
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what are engrams?
something that stores memories in brain and PNS
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what is the amygdala?
part of brain associated with emotion
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what is optigenetics?
genes for light-sensitive proteins are introduced into specific types of brain cells in order to monitor and control their activity precisely using light signals
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what does channelrhodopsin do?
activates neurons with millisecond evolution
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what does halorhodopsin do?
inactivates neurons with millisecond resolution
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why does imagination and memory become hard to tell apart?
they use the same part of the brain