LEARNING & MEMORY Flashcards
What are 2 types of memory system
declarative vs non-declarative, explicit vs implicit
match the brain structures with the type of memory
neocortex- perceptual, pocedural, bg, mc, episodic and semantic.
HM suffered from ___ amnesia (
___anterograde
what is retrograde amnesia?
a (loss of memory for events that
occurred before the brain damage)
HM had severe impairment of ___ memory
episodic
HM had better ____ than ___ memory T or F
explicit than implicit
what are explicit and implicit memory
Explicit memory is a deliberate recall of information that one recognizes as a memory, also known as declarative memory.
Implicit memory is an influence of experience on behaviour, even if you do not recognize that influence.
what is procedural memory?
t of motor skills and habits,
is a special kind of implicit memory
Most patients with severe amnesia also have impaired working memory. True or False
Most patients with severe amnesia also show normal working
memory, if they avoid distraction
A case situation, a patient, has difficulty forming new declarative memories but has intact procedural memory. what does this indicate
hippocampal lesions, anterograde amnesia fo
hippocampus is critical for?
episodic memory, declarative, * Forming new memories, consolidation,* Spatial navigation
the patient does not have good spatial navigation, it indicates damage in?
hippocampus
____ hippocampus is involved in spatial
navigation.
posterior
navigation is possible due to ____ in hippocampus
place cells, - time cells - respond at a
particular point in a sequence of time
the client cannot learn or predict what probably will or will not happen under certain
circumstances. He has damaged what brain structure?
striatum, BG
