Memory Flashcards
Why are false memories present?
The same process that recollects our past is also used when we think of the future (reconstructive process can lead to inaccuracies)
What makes up the allocortex?
Archicortex & paleocortex
The allocortex makes up what percent of the human cerebral cortex?
10%
What structures can be found in the allocortex?
Hippocampus, dentate gyrus, subiculum
When can the hippocampal formation be visibly seen?
Only after dissection as it is folded into the temporal lobe
The hippocampus connects with what structures via the fornix?
Septal nuclei, maxillary body, and contralateral hippocampus
What is another name for the hippocampus?
Ammon’s horn
The dentate gyrus projects where?
Hippocampus
What is the subiculum?
Part of the parahippocampus gyrus
The subiculum merges with what area?
Entorhinal area
The hippocampal formation receives primary input from the entorhinal cortex through what pathway?
Perforant and alveolar pathway
What is the important function of the hippocampal formation?
Declarative memory
What is episodic memory?
Daily episodes of life
What is semantic memory?
Factual information
What is the cortical gutter pathway in which sensory information is analyzed from neuronal level to level?
Sensory projection areas to complex associational parietal/temporal networks to its end in the hippocampus
