Lecture 1

Question 1

Ramon and Cajal

Answer 1

Neuron doctrine- communication between neurons neurons facilitates psychological function (including learning & memory) and all neurons are separated by a space (i.e. synaptic cleft).

Question 2

Sergei Korsakoff

Answer 2

Neuropsychiatrist that discovered destruction of part of the thalamus leads to an inability to form new memories

Question 3

Georges Ungar

Answer 3

trained rats to do a behavioral task; ground up brains and injected into mice; mice with injections performed tasks better; discredited

Question 4

Kluver-Bucy syndrome

Answer 4

brain lesions in the temporal cortex of non-human primates and observed deficits in memory for familiar objects; studies that demonstrate the amygdala is critical for fear memories

Question 5

Eric Kandel

Answer 5

used sea slugs; Determine electrophysiological and cellular mechanisms critical for memory formation

Question 6

Henry Gustav Molaison

Answer 6

severe epilepsy and part of temporal cortex removed; had severe memory deficits; studies that would demonstrate the hippocampus is critical for formation of certain types of memories

Question 7

James McGaugh

Answer 7

Helped identify consolidation as a separate process that lead to stabilization of a memory