Learning And Memory Flashcards
1
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Removal of hippocampus causes:
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Retrograde amnesia and anterograe amnesia.
2
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Cosolidation
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Short-term memory to longterm memory
3
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Declarative memory
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Explicit/consious
4
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non declarative memory
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implicit/unconsious
5
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Medial temporal lobes contist of:
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- Hippocampus
- prefrontal cortex
- amygdala
6
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Korsakoff’s syndrome
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- commonly seen in severe alcholics
- lack of vitamin B (thiamine)
- Characterized by amnesia, concusion, personality changes
- progressively stronger impact with time
7
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Alzheimer’s disease (AD)
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- begin with slight loss of memory and progresses to dementia
- Deficits in STM and some types of implicit memory: verbal and perceptual
8
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Cause of Alzheimers:
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Damage to medial temporal and prefrontal cortex. Amnesia likely a consequence of acetylcholine depletion and brain damage.
9
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Retrograde amnesia
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temporary failure of memory storage and/or retrieval
10
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Anterograde amnesia
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Temporary failure of memory storage
