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Memory Flashcards

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  • is the process in which experience changes the brain
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learning

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the brains ability to store and access the learned effects of experiences

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memory

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is the loss of memory for events or information learned before the amnesia-inducing brain injury

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retrograde amnesia

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  • is loss of memory for events or learned information occurring after the amnesia-inducing brain injury
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anterograde amnesia

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type of memory that stores new information for brief periods of time while a person attends to it

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short-term memory

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type of memory that is typically assessed with the digit span test

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short-term memory

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  • type of memory that stores new information once the person stops attending to it
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long-term memory

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  • type of memory that occurs when information about a new experience can still be recalled even after you have stopped thinking about it
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long-term memory

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is the transfer of short-term memories into long-term memories

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memory consolidation

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process that gradients of retrograde amnesia provide evidence for, such as when concussions preferentially disrupt recent memories and leave more remote memories intact

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memory consolidation

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process that is occurring when the storage of a memory is strengthened

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memory consolidation

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process that, according to Hebb’s theory, involves the converting of neural activity to structural changes in the involved synapses

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memory consolidation

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process that is disrupted by electroconvulsive shock when those memories that had not yet been converted to structural synaptic changes are erased from storage

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memory consolidation

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type of memory that are conscious long-term memories

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explicit memory

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type of anterograde memory that is selectively impaired in cases of medial temporal lobe amnesia

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explicit memory

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type of anterograde memory that was selectively impaired in the case of patient H.M.

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explicit memory

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type of memory that allows more flexible use of information

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explicit memory

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type of memory which are memories that are expressed by improved performance without conscious awareness

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implicit memory

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type of anterograde memory that is selectively preserved in cases of medial temporal lobe amnesia

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implicit memory

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type of anterograde memory that was selectively preserved in the case of patient H.M.

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implicit memory

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type of memory that patient H.M. demonstrated was preserved based on his performance on mirror-drawing, rotary pursuit, incomplete-pictures, and conditioning tests

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implicit memory

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type of memory that is typically assessed by repetition priming tests

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implicit memory

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type of memory that does not allow knowledge to be used in a different way or in a different context from how it was learned

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implicit memory

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type of implicit memory effect that is demonstrated if a subject is faster at completing a fragmented version of a previously shown word but does not recall having seen it

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priming

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type of implicit memory effect that is demonstrated if a subject is faster at identifying a fragmented drawing of a previously shown picture but does not recall having seen it

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priming

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type of explicit memory that is for general facts or information

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semantic memory

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type of explicit memory that patients with medial temporal lobe amnesia have LESS difficulty with

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semantic memory

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type of explicit memory that is preserved if you have difficulty remembering specific events from your life but your memory for general information is fine

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semantic memory

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type of memory that allows you to remember details about a movie even though you can’t remember having seen it before

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semantic memory

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type of memory that allows you to remember factual knowledge but not skills or the actual experiences from which you learned this knowledge

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semantic memory

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type of explicit memory that is for particular events in one’s life

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episodic memory

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type of explicit memory that patients with medial temporal lobe amnesia have particular difficulty with

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episodic memory

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type of explicit memory that is impaired if you have difficulty remembering specific events from your life but your memory for general information is fine

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episodic memory

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type of memory that is impaired if you can’t remember attending your French lectures but can still use the French language you learned from it

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episodic memory

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type of memory that is sometimes referred to as autobiographical memory and has been likened to traveling back in time mentally and experiencing one’s past

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episodic memory

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type of memory that allows you to remember experiences from your life but not the skills and factual knowledge you gained from them

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episodic memory

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theory that states that memories are temporarily stored in the hippocampus until they can be transferred to a more stable cortical storage system

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standard consolidation theory

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theory that explains temporally graded retrograde amnesia as being due to loss of the brain location that was temporarily storing those memories before they could be transferred

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standard consolidation theory

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theory that states that memories are encoded in a distributed fashion throughout the hippocampus and other brain structures for as long as the memories exist

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multiple-trace theory

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according to this theory retained memories become progressively more resistant to disruption by hippocampal damage because they form new connections to other memories

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multiple-trace theory

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selective damage to this brain structure is responsible for transient global amnesia: a type of amnesia that produces severe anterograde amnesia and moderate retrograde amnesia for explicit episodic memories, and that typically lasts only between 4 to 6 hours

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hippocampus

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brain structure that, based on the case of patient H.M., was theorized to play a special role in memory consolidation

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hippocampus

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brain structure within the medial temporal lobe that plays only a minor role in object-recognition compared to the adjacent medial temporal cortex

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hippocampus

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bilateral lesions of this brain structure invariably disrupt the performance of tasks that involve memory for spatial location, such as the Morris water maze test and the radial arm maze test

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hippocampus

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brain structure that contains neurons that respond only when a subject is in specific locations (known as place cells)

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hippocampus

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area of the brain that is composed of the medial thalamus and the medial hypothalamus

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medial diencephalon

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damage to this area of the brain is most associated with the memory deficits of Korsakoff patients, although diffuse damage to other brain regions that can also be seen in these patients makes it hard to identify which part is specifically responsible for the amnesia

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medial diencephalon

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brain structure that plays an important role in storing memories of visual input

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inferotemporal cortex

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the activity of this brain structure is associated with both the learning of relationships between visual images and the later retrieval of these visual memories

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inferotemporal cortex

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brain structure that is thought to play a special role in memory for the emotional significance of experiences

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amygdala

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rats with lesions to this brain structure, unlike intact rats, do not respond with fear to a neutral stimulus that has previously been followed by electric foot shock

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amygdala

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patients with bilateral damage to this brain structure cannot acquire conditioned autonomic startle responses to various visual or auditory stimuli but have good explicit memory for the training

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amygdala

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brain structure that does not appear to store memories but rather is involved in strengthening emotionally significant memories stored in other structures

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amygdala

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brain structure that is largely responsible for making emotion-provoking events be remembered better than neutral events

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amygdala

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patients with damage to this brain structure often display both anterograde and retrograde deficits in memory for the temporal order of events, even when they can remember the events themselves

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prefrontal cortex

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patients with damage to this brain structure often display deficits in working memory: the ability to maintain relevant memories while a task is being completed

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prefrontal cortex

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patients with damage to this brain structure often have difficulty performing tasks that involve a series of responses

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prefrontal cortex

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brain structure that is thought to participate in the storage of implicit memories for sensorimotor tasks, such as Pavlovian conditioning of the eye-blink response to a tone

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cerebellum

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brain structure that is thought to participate in the storage of implicit memories for sensorimotor tasks, and in particular in the storage of memories for consistent relationships between stimuli and responses

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basal ganglia

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brain structure that stores the type of memories that develop incrementally over many trials and is involved in the type of learning of known as habit formation

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basal ganglia

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brain structure that, in addition to its role in sensorimotor memory, also plays a role in certain types of memory with no obvious motor component (such as improvements in solving a probabilistic discrimination problem) but that is not necessary for explicit memory

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basal ganglia

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damage to this brain structure would prevent improvements in performance on a weather forecasting game (in which the task is to correctly predict the weather by learning the probability of different stimuli leading to sunshine) but would not prevent conscious memory for the training episodes

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basal ganglia

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