memory and cognition

Question 1

what do association areas do?

Answer 1

integrate information from multiple different sources

Question 2

formation of memories is in the

Answer 2

hippocampus

Question 3

storage of memories is in the

Answer 3

cortex

Question 4

searches and accesses memories is in the

Answer 4

thalamus

Question 5

limbic system is the most primitive part of the cortex (where ……… lie)

Answer 5

emotions

Question 6

memories are formed in the ………. system

Answer 6

limbic

Question 7

4 parts of the limbic system

Answer 7

hypothalamus

hippocampus

cingulate gyrus

amygdala

Question 8

the frontal cortex (and its association with the reward/punishment centres of the limbic system) assesses the ………. of an event

Answer 8

significance

Question 9

4 stages of memory

Answer 9

immediate (sensory) memory - few seconds

short term memory (seconds to hours)

intermediate long term memory (hours to weeks)

long term memory (lifelong)

Question 10

anterograde

Answer 10

cannot form new memories

Question 11

retrograde

Answer 11

cannot access (more recent) old memories

Question 12

short term memory depends on maintained excitation from

Answer 12

reverberating circuits

Question 13

retrograde amnesia

Answer 13

the can remember memories that are super old but cant remember ones leading up to their injury

Question 14

long term memory involves 3 structural changes at the synapse

Answer 14

increase in NT release on presynaptic membrane

increase in NT vesicles stored and released

increase in number of presynaptic terminal

Question 15

declarative memory

Answer 15

for specific events etc

hippocampus

Question 16

procedural memory

Answer 16

acquired slowly through repetition

Question 17

short term memory is converted to long term memory by

Answer 17

consolidation

(strengthening of synaptic vesicles through repetition