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Leon Lecture 1

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What do humans remember?

A

Human faces
Human interactions
Surprising events
Emotional events
Interesting things
Processed information
Repeated information

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What will happen if the ability to recognize human faces is damaged?

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you can only recognize the individual parts (nose, lips) but not the entire face

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What is an example of human interactions?

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gossip

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What is an example of surprising events?

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N?A

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What is an example of emotional events?

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Marriage/Divorce

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What is an example of interesting events?

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kim k ?

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What is an example of processed information?

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take a test, you will remember the questions you got wrong

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What is an example of repeated information?

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…

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The brain filters the information because?

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To remember only the important things

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What are the two kinds of memory?

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Short-term and Long-term memory

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What is Short-term memory?

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you repeat it over and over (studying) -> rehearsing it

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What is an example of Short-term memory?

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phone number, you remember long enough to dial it

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What is Long-term memory?

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Brain decides whether the information is important to remember

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What is an example of Long-term memory?

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Knowing the names of friends and family

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What is the process of going from Short-term memory to Long-term memory?

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Consolidation

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What is Consolidation?

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The brain decides its important to remember

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What is the problem with Consolidation?

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It can “say” its not important…. you trick your brain that it is

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Who is S?

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Editor that remembered everything

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S appeared to have a ____ memory

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limitless

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All of S’ information went into his ___ ____ memory

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long-term

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What does S’ brain suggest?

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The human brain is capable of remembering everything

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What was S’ limitless memory due to an extraordinary brain or to a damaged brain?

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a damaged brain

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Your brain ____ unimportant information

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filters

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Are experiences easy to remember?

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Yes

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Are videos easy to remember?
Yes, because they mimic real experiences (real world)
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What are some things that are difficult to remember?
Readings and lectures
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Why are reading and listening difficult to remember?
Lectures: read, write, listen _> Multitasking: we are bad at this cant pay attention to more than 1 thing at a time
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What is required for consoliation?
Focused attention, eliminate distractions
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After you review the material, try to replicate it either _____ or ____. Repeat. you fool your brain
verbally or in written form
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Rereading is the most used strategy...
84%
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Only 1% reported practicing ____ as their #1
recall (self-testing) Repeat testing is what works
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What is the best study?
repeat testing
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What is PTSD?
big emotional event accompanying the events
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Memory improves with an emotional response or
norepinephrine
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Tells the brain its important to remember this emotional event
norepinephrine
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Sometimes memory for a traumatic event is too strong:
post traumatic stress disorder
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Soldiers are often taking norepinephrine stimulants (____), which may increase their PTSD risk
Adderall mimics norepinephrine "double shot" drills in the info
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You can block bad memories by blocking
norepinephrine beta receptors
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___ prevents the mems to continuing to disturb you
blocker
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Recalled long-term memories must be ____, allowing you to erase them with beta blcokers.
reconsolidated
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What is a remarkable autobiographical memory?
You know everything about yourself.. can recall things
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What are savants?
Combination of limited mental abilities and extraordinary memories
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What do savants have?
low cognitive ability
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What is Retrograde amnesia?
Can't remember past memories
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What kind of memory is this?? Forget all those things that already happened
Retrograde amnesia
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What kind of memory is this? Can't form new memories
Anterograde amnesia
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What is Global amnesia known as?
Dementia
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What kind of memory loss is this? both kinds of memory loss
Global amnesia (dementia)
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What are two kinds of memory loss?
Retrograde amnesia and Anterograde amnesia
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What kind of example is memory impairment?
Amnesia
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H.M had his ______ removed and developed ____ ____
hippocampus; anterograde amnesia
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What happened to H.M?
He had many seizures
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What are seizures?
Happens when many neurons fire
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When H.M. removed his hippocampus, what happened?
It got rid of the seizures but could no longer make new memories
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Hippocampus damage produces a memory deficit for ___ ___
new facts
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The hippocampus is ____ the site of long-term memory
NOT
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What is not needed for short-term memory?
Hippocampus
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What is the Hippocampus needed for?
Needed to convert short-term to long-term memory (Consolidation)
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What is the Hippocampus required for?? Its for new memories of ____, not for other forms of memory.
facts
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Why do London taxicab drivers have an enlarged hippocampus?
They studied the streets of London for years. The repetitive testing made this become long-term memory. So the hippocampus got larger.
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If you practice repetitive testing often, what will happen?
The brain will be more capable, this will change the way your brain works.

N110 Neurobiology (4 decks)

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