Learning and Memory Flashcards
Memory
ability to store and retrieve information
Brain Regions and Forming new memories
Temporal Lobe
Mammillary body
Hippocampus
Cerebellum
Declarative Memory
Facts and information acquired through learning that can be stated or described
Procedural Memory
shown by performance rather than recollection
Korsakoff’s syndrome
Degenerative disease characterized by bad memory cause by lack of thiamine
Common in chronic alcoholism
Semantic Memory
Subtype of declarative memory regarding generalized facts
Episodic Memory
Subtype of declarative memory responsible for detailed autobiographical memory
Skill Learning
type of procedural memory learned by performing a challenging task through repetition
Primary Memory
type of procedural memory dealing with change in stimulus processing due to prior exposure to stimulus
Associative Memory
type of procedural memory dealing with association between two stimuli or stimulus and response
Instrumental Conditioning
when association is made between behavior and consequences of Behavior
Spatial Learning
animals form cognitive maps using place cells. a mental representation of a spatial relationship
Process of memory
1) Encoding
2) Consolidation
3) Retrieval
Long Term Memory
Vast capacity but subject to forgetting
Retrieving long term memories causes memories to become unstable and susceptible to disruption or alteration
Memory Trace
Record laid down by experience that does not deteriorate over time, but is interfered with by other memories
