NB (63) (64) Learning and Memory (1)

Question 1

Define Declarative memory

Answer 1

Question 2

Subdivisions of Declarative memory?

Answer 2

Question 3

Define Procedural memory?

Answer 3

Question 4

Answer 4

Question 5

Define Short-term memory

Answer 5

Question 6

Define Long-term memory

Answer 6

Question 7

Explain Serial processing of memory

Answer 7

Question 8

Explain Parallel processing of memory

Answer 8

Question 9

Define Consolidation

Answer 9

Question 10

The role of Hippocampus in memory?

Answer 10

Question 11

Where is storage done in the brain?
and where does recalling happen?

Answer 11

Question 12

What is Amnesia?

Answer 12

memory loss due to brain insult

Question 13

Define Retrograde and Anterograde amnesia

Answer 13

Question 14

Pathogenesis of Korsakoff’s syndrome?

Answer 14

Question 15

Complications of the degeneration of the cerebellar anterior lobe vermis in Korsakoff’s syndrome?

Answer 15

Other neurological signs can include ataxia, especially of gait, due to degeneration of the cerebellar anterior lobe vermis. So gait is affected but distal limb control is not. There may also be a confusional state.

Question 16

Explain the effectiveness of vitamin B1 treatment for Korsakoff’s syndrome.

Answer 16

Treatment with vitamin B1 can lead to remarkable and rapid recovery of the motor and confusional problems, but the amnesias usually persist.

Question 17

2 structures that Declarative memories are critically dependent upon?

Answer 17

medial temporal lobe and nuclei in the diencephalon.