Learning,Memory,&Lang

Question 1

Following bilateral medial temporal lobectomy to relieve severe epilepsy, H.M. was able to recall remote events, but he exhibited severe___amnesia and retrograde amnesia for____events. A numberof areas of the brain play an important role in learning and memory. The___lobes are essential for the storage and retrieval of long-term declarativememories; the____is involved in memory consolidation and explicit memory;and the____attaches emotion to memory. In addition, the___cortex plays a role in episodic memory, prospective memory, and working memory, while the_____, cerebellum, and motor cortex contribute to procedural and implicit memory.

Answer 1

anterograde; recent;temporal;hippocampus; amygdala; prefrontal; basal ganglia;

Question 2

At the neural level___, in the hippocampus is believed to be important for long-term memory. There isalso evidence that long-term memory depends on increased__during the minutes or hours following training. When the synthesis of protein or___is inhibited at the timeoftraining, long-term memory is impaired.

Answer 2

Long-term potentiation(LTP); protein synthesis; RNA