Memory

Question 0

Consolidation

Answer 0

Short term–> long term memory

Question 1

Humans remember …

Answer 1

Human faces, interactions
Surprising, emotional, interesting events
Processed, repeated information

Question 2

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and why it happens

Answer 2

Memory improves with emotional response, adrenaline, norepinephrine. Too strong memory–> keep replaying.

Question 3

Adderall

Answer 3

Norepinephrine stimulant.

Question 4

Can block bad memories by:

Answer 4

Suppress amygdala
Block norepinephrine
Interfere in consolidation, not memory.

Question 5

Savant

Answer 5

Limited mental cognition, extraordinary memory

May also be problem with filtering as well

Question 6

Retrograde amnesia

Answer 6

Can’t remember past memories. (Stroke)

Question 7

Anterograde amnesia

Answer 7

Can’t form new memories

Question 8

Global amnesia

Answer 8

Aka dementia
Both retrograde and anterograde amnesia
Caused by Alzheimer’s and AIDS

Question 9

Types of memories

Answer 9

Facts
Pavlovian learning
Perceptual learning
Motor learning

Question 10

Removal of hippocampus

Answer 10

Cannot consolidate new memories (facts)