Learning and memory

Question 1

Medial temporal lobes

Answer 1

Enable new memory formation and mental time travel

Question 2

Hippocampus

Answer 2

Supports memory consolidation and autobiographical recall

Question 3

Rhinal cortices

Answer 3

Critical for semantic memory and object recognition

Question 4

Perirhinal cortex

Answer 4

Supports familiarity and personal knowledge.

Question 5

Prefrontal cortex

Answer 5

Involved in working memory and autobiographical recall; left side encodes, right side retrieves episodic memory (HERA model)

Question 6

Thalamic nuclei

Answer 6

Contribute to explicit memory

Question 7

Basal ganglia

Answer 7

Support implicit learning and habit formation and receive dopaminergic input

Question 8

Parietal cortex

Answer 8

Involved in memory retrieval and spatial working memory

Question 9

Cerebellum

Answer 9

Supports motor learning and classical conditioning

Question 10

Amygdala

Answer 10

Central to emotional memory; modulates memory via hormonal and arousal systems

Question 11

Ventrolateral prefrontal cortex (VLPFC)

Answer 11

Involved in object-based short-term memory

Question 12

Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC)

Answer 12

Supports spatial and object STM; essential for memory organisation.

Question 13

Posterior temporal cortex

Answer 13

Connected to hippocampus via perforant path; involved in semantic categorisation.

Question 14

Insula

Answer 14

May aid in retrieving old memories