Memory Flashcards

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Memory is

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the process by which that knowledge is retained and retrieved. (it is not a copy of an event but a reconstruction)

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“Declarative learning” process and store what kind of information?

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  • Facts & events
  • Rules
  • Steps
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The brain area important for “Declarative” STM (short term memory)

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Hippocampus

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“Hippocampus” is important for

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transfering information from STM to LTM (and retrieval of memory.)

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5
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Which brain area is primarily involved in the “Declarative” LTM?

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Cortical regions

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Strategies to improve “Declarative learning”

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  • Repetition
  • Developing associations with previous experience
  • Organise information with acronyms
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What kind of information does it hold?

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  • important information first
  • the amount of “attention” focused on the information
  • the “credebility” of the information
  • the “importance” attributed to the iinformation at the moment of storage
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8
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______ can improve the strength of the memory

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Relearning

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9
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Use logic and partial memory to reconstruct the whole answer.

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Recollection

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10
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Which brain area stores “Procedural” STM?

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Prefrontal cortex

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Prefrontal cortex is important for

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  • Attention to task
  • getting information from sensory systems
  • integration of information
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Procedural (motor) learning [Implicit learning]

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learing of complex information in an inciedential manner, withour awareness of what has been learned.(wiki)

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13
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Structural changes occur throughout the brain in “Alzheimer’s disease” but are significant in the cortex and ________

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Hippocampus

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14
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Which brain area is primarily involved in the “Procedural” LTM?

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  • Motor cortex
  • Cerebellum
  • Basal ganglia
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15
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_______ enables transfer of information to motor cortex prior to input

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Cerebellum

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Strategies to improve “Procedural learning” Motor cortex

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-Repetition
-Intrinsic (i.e. watching, delayed feedback) & extrinsic feedback
-Varieance
[Doing it in different ways; in different places; with different people]

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Strategies to improve “Procedural learning” Cerebellum

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  • Sensory stimiulation
  • Anticipatory input
  • Motor imagination
18
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Strategies to improve “Procedural learning” Basal Ganglia

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  • Habitual learning

- Goal directed