Memory Flashcards
1
Q
memory
A
The active process of retrieval of something learned
2
Q
Different types of memory appear to be…
A
…. mediated by different areas of the brain
3
Q
Spatial - Hippocampus:
A
Recall of specific locations, spatial judgments of familiarity
4
Q
- Procedural - Cerebellum & Striatum (Basal Ganglia):
A
Motor Skill, How to do it (peck a target, ride a bike)
5
Q
Declarative - Hippocampus & Mediodorsal Thalamus:
A
Episodic (personal history), Semantic/Associative (facts)
6
Q
damage to Fusiforme Gyrus
A
(of IT Cortex) =
Memory for familiar faces disrupted = Prosopagnosia
7
Q
damage to Dorsal Temporal Cortex
A
For well-learned words, voices disrupted by
