Learning & Memory

Question 1

Nancy Kanwisher important with?

Answer 1

Fusiform face area

Question 2

memories are stored where?

Answer 2

medial temporal lobe/hippocampus

Question 3

2 kinds of declarative memory?

Answer 3

1. episodic (events)

2. semantic (facts)

Question 4

london cabbies story?

Answer 4

larger hippocampi

size correlated with experience

Question 5

what happened to the mice that had NMDA receptor knocked out?

Answer 5

impaired learning

Question 6

neurons that wire together:

Answer 6

fire together

Question 7

activity of neurons: short term vs. long term changes?

Answer 7

short term: fast

long term: slow

Question 8

what happened to mouse with more NR2B?

Answer 8

enhanced learning, and retention

Question 9

short term memory happens how?

Answer 9

AMPA receptor insertion, enhanced firing via retrograde signalling

Question 10

short term memory happens how?

Answer 10

protein synthesis, structural changes

Question 11

exercising does what to brain?

Answer 11

release growth factors
improve mood/memory
more cerebral blood flow

Question 12

what helps stroke patients rehab?

Answer 12

early mobilisation