Memory Flashcards
1
Q
Define learning
A
Acquisition of information
2
Q
Define memory
A
Storage of learned information
3
Q
Define recall
A
Reacqusition of stored information
4
Q
Define engram
A
Physical embodiment of a memory
5
Q
What are the two types of memory?
A
Procedural and declarative
6
Q
Procedural
A
- Implicit
- Skills largely unavailable to conscious mind
- Can’t describe how you do it e.g. playing piano
7
Q
Declarative
A
- Explicit
- Can describe it
- Facts/Events
8
Q
Structures involved in memory
A
- Pre-frontal cortex
- Hippocampus
- Amygdala
- Cerebellum
9
Q
What organism is the Aplysia californica?
A
Snail
10
Q
Which reflex is present in snails?
A
Gill withdrawal reflex
11
Q
What does the Gill withdrawal reflex show?
A
- Habituation
- Short term and long term sensitisation
12
Q
What is the name given for pathological forgetting?
A
Amnesia
13
Q
What are the two types of amnesia and how can they be distinguished?
A
Anterograde amnesia - Forgetting new memories
Retrograde amnesia - Forgetting old memories
14
Q
What causes Klüver-Bucy syndrome?
A
Bilateral lesions to amygdala
