Learning And Memory

Question 1

Implicit memory

Answer 1

Unconscious memory acquired through repetition

Question 2

Implicit forms of learning

Answer 2

Classical conditioning, operant conditioning, instrumental conditioning, and habit learning

Question 3

Areas of brain involved in implicit memory

Answer 3

Dorsal stream, dorsal neocortex, basal ganglia, and cerebellum

Question 4

Disease of Basal Ganglia that Impair Implicit Memory

Answer 4

1) Parkinson’s Disease
2) Huntington’s Disease
3) Tourette’s Syndrome

Question 5

Homonculus

Answer 5

Area of brain devoted to different motor movements

Question 6

Disease/Degeneration of Explicit Memory

Answer 6

1) Korsakoff’s Syndrome
2) Alzheimer’s Disease
3) CO poisoning
4) Herpes Simplex
5) Schizophrenia
6) Aging

Question 7

Ventral Stream

Answer 7

Responsible for explicit memory; medial temporal lobe, hippocampus, amygdala, rhinal cortex, and prefrontal cortex

Question 8

Types of Plasticity

Answer 8

1) gene transcription
2) signaling cascades
3) dendrite morphology
4) dendritic spines
5) neurotransmitter release
6) synaptic strength
7) receptor number