Lecture 15-memory

Question 1

two major categories of long-term memory

Answer 1

declarative

implicit

Question 2

declarative memory sub categories

Answer 2

episodic

semantic

Question 3

implict memory subcategoris

Answer 3

procedural

priming

Question 4

what is episodic memory for

Answer 4

memories related to emotions

ie your first kiss

Question 5

what is semantic memory for

Answer 5

remebering facts

ie. Obama is the president now, April 1st is athena’s bday

Question 6

what is procedural memory for

Answer 6

carrying out tasks like riding a bike, brushing your teeth

Question 7

declarative v implict, which memory is in the subconscious

Answer 7

implicit memory

Question 8

what is priming for

Answer 8

classical conditioning related to memory

i.e. when the light turns on you get shocked so now you know when you see the light to move your hand away

Question 9

which parts of the brain does declarative memory use

Answer 9

telencephalon

1. hippocampus
2. medial temporal lobes

diencephalon

3. anterior thalamic nuclei
4. dorsomedial thalamic nuclei
5. mammillary bodies of hypothalamus

Question 10

two things that influence memory

Answer 10

emotion

motivation

Question 11

procedural memory uses which brain parts?

Answer 11

striatum
motor cortex
cerebellum

Question 12

priming uses which brain parts

Answer 12

emotional assocations- amygdala (fear)

conditioned reflexes- cerebellum (removing hand when light turns on to avoid getting shocked)

Question 13

what is amnesia

Answer 13

memory loss/ability to learn due to physical or physiological trauma

Question 14

what are the two types of amnesia

Answer 14

anterograde

retrograde

Question 15

what is anterograde amnesia

Answer 15

inability to form new memories after trauma (consolidation)

Question 16

what is retrograde amnesia

Answer 16

memory BEFORE trauma is affected…can form new memories though! (recall)

Question 17

damage to what brain part causes problems in delayed non-match to sample tasks?

Answer 17

ant. + dorsomedial thalamic nuclei
mammillary body (degeneration)

…basically the telencephalon

Question 18

brain parts used for implicit memory

Answer 18

basal ganglia
prefrontal cortex
sensory association cortex
cerebellum
amygdala

Question 19

which two brain structures does motor skill learning definitely require

Answer 19

basal ganglia

prefrontal cortex

Question 20

which brain structure does conditioning require

Answer 20

amygdala/cerebellum

Question 21

whic cortex is impt for working memory

Answer 21

prefrontal

Question 22

which cortex impt for procedural memory

Answer 22

prefrontal and parietal (supplementary motor area)

Question 23

which cortex impot for semantic memory (meaning of words)

Answer 23

wernickes area (temporal lobe)

Question 24

brain part impt for remembering faces or objects

Answer 24

inferotemporal cortex

Question 25

hebb’s postulate

Answer 25

neurons the fire together wire together

neurons that fire out of sync, lose their link

Question 26

under what condition does LTP occur

Answer 26

post synapse must be depol’d the same time presynapse to firing an AP