Memory

Question 1

Our brains have a huge capacity for what type of memory

Answer 1

Physical and spacial

Question 2

How do you make the memory long term?

Answer 2

Memorable and repeated

Question 3

Handing writing helps you to

Answer 3

More deeply encode

Question 4

Consolidation and re-consolidation of memory occurs

Answer 4

during sleep

Question 5

Memories are not fixed but they are

Answer 5

living breathing parts of your brain that are changing all the time

Question 6

what is re-consolidation of memory

Answer 6

when you recall a memory

Question 7

During consolidation of memory what is happening in the brain - active memory to long term by

Answer 7

modifying synapses of the dendrites of neurons

Question 8

What are the support cells in the brain?

Answer 8

Glial cells

Question 9

What is the most abundant glial cell

Answer 9

Astrocytes, they wrap around the neuron and each embrace thousands of synapses

Question 10

What do astrocytes do

Answer 10

1. give nutrients to the neurons 2. maintain extracellular iron balance 3. aid in repair of neurons

Question 11

What did they discover when Eisenstein’s brain was investigated after his death?

Answer 11

He has many more astrocytes than the average human