Memory

Question 1

Perirhinal cortex & entorhinal cortex

Answer 1

Parts of parahippocampal gyrus; Important structures for memory; transfer signals to hippocampus; Perirhinal+Entorhinal+Parahippocampal cortices=Parahippocampal Gyrus.

Question 2

Hippocampus + Parahippocampal Gyrus

Answer 2

Most important structures for memory

Question 3

Long-term memory

Answer 3

=declarative/explicit + procedural/implicit

Question 4

Short-term memory

Answer 4

=Working memory

Question 5

Wada test

Answer 5

Introduce barbiturate into one of the internal carotid arteries. The drug is injected into one hemisphere at a time, in order to shut down language and/or memory function in that hemisphere to evaluate the other hemisphere. Then, administer memory or language related tests.

Question 6

California Verbal Learning Test (CVLT)

Answer 6

tests LTM and WM; 16 subtests.

Question 7

Structure that is initial creator of LTM

Answer 7

Hippocampi

Question 8

Delis–Kaplan Executive Function System (D–KEFS)

Answer 8

Assesses mild brain damage in frontal lobe; determines deficits in higher order thinking; 9 tests; 8~89y.

Question 9

NEPSY

Answer 9

A Developmental NEuroPSYchological Assessment; 3~16y; 6 domains:
Executive Functioning/Attention
Language
Memory and Learning
Sensorimotor Functioning
Visuospatial Processing
Social Perception