Module 5 - Forgetting, Memory, & the Brain

Question 1

memory/learning functions of the basal ganglia

Answer 1

• habits
• motor skill learning
• implicit memory

Question 2

memory/learning functions of the cerebellum

Answer 2

• motor skill learning

- procedural learning

Question 3

memory/learning functions of the hippocampus

Answer 3

consolidation of new memories

Question 4

memory/learning functions of the amygdala

Answer 4

• emotional learning

- memory consolidation

Question 5

memory/learning functions of the parietal lobes

Answer 5

• sensory processing
• spatial location
• working memory

Question 6

memory/learning functions of the temporal lobes

Answer 6

• auditory processing

- storage of long-term memories

Question 7

memory/learning functions of the frontal lobe

Answer 7

selection of memories

Question 8

memory/learning functions of the prefrontal cotrex

Answer 8

• higher order functions

- executive control (planning, reasoning, problem solving, inhibition, task flexibility)

Question 9

long-term potentiation

Answer 9

• synaptic transmission becomes more effective following a cell’s recent activation
• when an axon is repeatedly stimulated, the signals of neurons on the other side of the axon increase

Question 10

glutamate

Answer 10

• formation of new synapses

- long-term potentiation

Question 11

GABA

Answer 11

new memory formation

Question 12

norepinephrine

Answer 12

memory consolidation

Question 13

dopamine

Answer 13

positive reinforcement (conditioning)

Question 14

acetylcholine

Answer 14

encoding new information

Question 15

cognitive symptoms of dysexecutive syndrome

Answer 15

• short attention span
• inability to use previously learned information in new situations
• impaired reasoning
• poor dual-task performance
• confabulation

Question 16

emotional symptoms of dysexecutive syndrome

Answer 16

• extremes/fluctuations

- frustration and aggression

Question 17

behavioural symptoms of dysexecutive syndrome

Answer 17

• lack of social skills
• utilization behaviour
• perseveration

Question 18

interference

Answer 18

• forgetting of information due to interference from items presented or learned before the item to be remembered
• items which are more similar interfere more

Question 19

primacy effect

Answer 19

• tendency for the first few items in a list to be recalled better
• depends primarily on long term memory

Question 20

recency effect

Answer 20

tendency for the last few items in a list to be recalled better

Question 21

long-term recency effect

Answer 21

• tendency for the last few items to be well recalled under conditions of long-term memory
• may reflect retrieval strategy