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Neuro pt 1 Flashcards

1
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what is attention?

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State of focused awareness on a subset
of the available perceptual information

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what are the 3 stages of attention

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Disengage: Take attention away from current focus
¤ Shift: Move attention from one item to another
¤ Engage: Lock attentional focus onto new item

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what is selective attention

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Process that allows selection of
inputs, thoughts, or actions while other ones are
ignored

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what does overt attention refer to?

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e.g., shifting eyes) or covert (shifting focus

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what is voluntary attention?

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Attention is shifted between inputs
intentionally (e.g., reading the textbook)

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what is reflexxive attention

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Shifts in attention occur in response to an
external event (e.g., textbook falling and making loud
noise)

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what is overt attention

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Attention to information
being looked at directly
¤ Involves eye movements

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what is covert attention

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Attention to a location
not directly being looked at
¤ Not associated with eye
movements

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what is the cocktail party email effect

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Not strictly auditory
¤ We can voluntarily
choose to focus on
specific information
¤ Salient or pertinent
information can
catch our eye
¤ Email, Twitter,
Facebook

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What is Endogenous Control

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voluntary and cue usually needs interpretation

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what is exogenous control

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relexive and cue automatically draws attention

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what are the 3 parts of the frontoparietal attentional network

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PAS, AAS and VS

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what is pas

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Posterior Attentional System (PAS) - Responsible for
orienting of attention – where do we focus?

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what is AAS

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Anterior Attentional System (AAS) - Conscious
control of attention – what do we need to focus
on?

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what is VS

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Vigilance System (VS) - Prepares and sustains
alertness toward signals that demand high priority

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what is the parietal love responsible for in response to attention (DISENGAGE)

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Shifts of attention in
space
¤ ‘Where’ information

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what is the superior colliculi responsible for in response to attention (MOVE)

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Visual processing
and eye movements

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what is the pulvinar nucleus of the thalamus (enhance)

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filtering/suppresing irrelevant stimuli

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The dorsolateral prefrontal cortex

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decision making and maintaining attention away from irrelevant information

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modern trephination

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the surgical procedure in which a hole is created in the skull

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Leucotomy

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Greek “cutting
white” (white matter)
¤ Cut connections between
frontal cortex and thalamus
¤ Small hole drilled in side of
skull
¤ Alleviate symptoms of
psychosis and depression

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Lobotomy

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Severing connections in the
brain’s prefrontal lobe
¤ Brain is accessed through the eye
sockets

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what is clinical neuropsych

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deals with psychological assessment, management, and rehabilitation of neurological disease and injury

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what is experimental neuropsych

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focuses on human behaviour

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25
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what GLAND in the brain is responsible for behaviour

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pineal gland

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who was phinease gage

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25 y/o railroad worker
¤Tamping iron shot penetrated left cheek, went through brain, exited skull on other side
¤Though blinded, did not lose consciousness

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27
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legallois discovery was important why (brainstem and medula)

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lesioning the 2 resulted in cessation of breathing

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electrical stimulation of the frontal lobe at variour points produced movements on the…

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opposite side of the body

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what is leucotomy

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greek for cutting white matter its done to cut the connections between frontal cortex and thalamus to alleviate symptoms of psychosis and or depression

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how much does the brain weigh

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3lbs

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31
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why is the brain inconsistent

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structures have more then one name and things are located in odd places

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what is a neuron

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communication cell

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what is a glial cell

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glue cell that supports other cellls

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3 types of glial cells?

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astrocytes(SPACE), oligodendrocytes(MYELIN) and microglia(small so removes debris)

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what is the neuron made up of

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dendrites soma axon and termianl buttons, synapse

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whats the difference between a sulcus and a gyrus

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sulcus is a more shallow cleft and a gyrus is a ridge in the cortex

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whats grey matter

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outermost layer of the brain

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whats white matter?

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myelinated axons that connect brain regions

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CNS and PNS what are they made of

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cns = brain, spinal cord
Pns= nerves from the cns

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autonomic system

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Regulation of internal states

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Somatic System:

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Interaction with external
environment (e.g., sensory input; touch

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Sympathetic System:

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Quick response to prepare body for vigorous activity (i.e., arousal)

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3 major divisions of the brain

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forebrain (TD) midbrain(M) Hind brain (MM)

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Parasympathetic System

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Non-emergency behaviours – responses that do not require a quick response (i.e., “rest and digest”; calming)

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frontal lobe importance

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planning, motor cortex, some speech

46
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temporal lobe importance

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auditory

47
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parietal lobeimportance

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sensation and touch

48
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occipital lobe importance

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visual stimuli

49
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basal ganglia importance

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voluntary movements

50
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limbic system importance

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behaviour and emotional responses

51
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3 levels of meninges

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dura mater arachnoid mater and pia mater

52
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single cell recording is what

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Electrodes inserted into
individual neuron
¤ Activity of neuron related to behaviors

53
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single cell recording advantages

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Greater precision
¤ Conclude causality

54
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single cell recording limitations

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gerneralizability, artificial/too simple

55
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cortical stimulation

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Electrodes are placed on surface of brain

56
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subcortical stimulation

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Stimulating white matter pathways

57
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deep brain stimulation

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Implant electrodes into brain region
of interest

58
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controlled brain lesions are what

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animal studies

59
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Acquired Brain Lesions are what

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patient studies, ¤ Any type of brain damage that occurs after birth

60
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Electroencephalography (EEG)?

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Detects electrical activity in brain using small, metal discs (electrodes) attached to scalp

61
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partial seizures

A

spikes and sharp waves on EEG
in a specific area of the brain

62
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generalized seizures

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spikes and sharp waves are widely spread over entire brain

63
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ERPs

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Measured brain response to a specific sensory, cognitive, or motor event
¤ Repeat task and average activity over many trials

64
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MRI?

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Uses strong magnets to measure magnetic field to create detailed images

65
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DTI?

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Mapping white matter pathways in vivo

66
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Positron Emission Tomography (PET)

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Uses radioactive substances known as radiotracers to visualize and measure changes in metabolic processes

67
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FMRI

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Measures brain activity by detecting changes associated with blood flow

68
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nociception?

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pain and temp

69
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Hapsis?

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fine touch and pressure

70
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proprioception?

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awareness of body in space

71
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spinothalamic tract

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¤ Sensory pathway of nervous system
Responsible for transmission of pain, temperature, and crude touch

72
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Dorsal column-medial lemniscus (DCML) pathway:

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Sensory pathway of CNS

73
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¤Corticospinal Tract

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Forms part of descending spinal
tract system

74
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Parietal Lobe

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Major sensory processing hub

75
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Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex

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Decision to execute voluntary movement

76
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Homunculus

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Map along motor cortex of where each part of body is processed

77
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cerebellum?

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Coordinating movement

78
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what happens to attention when in pain

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when attention is diverted pain decreases

79
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apraxia?

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Inability to perform skilled, purposeful movement

80
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Ideomotor Apraxia

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Cannot execute or imitate simple gestures in response to a command

81
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Ideational Apraxia

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“An impairment in knowing how, rather than what, to do”

82
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Astereognosis

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Loss of the ability to identify an object
by touch

83
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Phantom Limb Syndrome

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result of cortical reorganization

84
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retina?

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Light-sensitive membrane in the back of eye that contains rods and cones

85
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optic nerve

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Ganglion cell axons
¤ Leave eye at optic disc (blind spot)

86
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optic chiasm

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Point of crossover for half of the visual projections

87
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blind spot?

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Where optic nerve passes through optic disc

88
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Hemianopia

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Loss of vision in half the visual field

89
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Scotoma

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Loss of vision in one point

90
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Quadrantanopia

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Loss of vision to a quarter of the visual field

91
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ventral stream

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¤ “What” pathway
¤ Recognizing objects
¤ Names and functions of objects regardless of location

92
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Dorsal Stream

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“Where”/“How” pathway
¤ Locations of objects, but not
their names or functions
¤ How to interact with objects

93
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encode

A

attending to information

94
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consolidation

A

storing info for later use

95
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retrieval

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Accessing information from where it is stored in the brain for use

96
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¤Short Term Memory (STM)

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Holds information beyond the duration of the
sensory store, but not permanently
¤ Duration: seconds, unless rehearsed
¤ Capacity: 7 +/- 2

97
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Long Term Memory (LTM)

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Can be recalled days, months, or
years after they were stored
¤ Duration: relatively permanent
¤ Capacity: Unlimited (?)

98
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Working Memory

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¤ Info that is going to be acted on or used
New information (e.g., where you parked)
¤ Information retrieved from LTM (e.g., phone #)

99
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3 components of working memory

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Central executive (controls attention)
2) Phonological Loop (inner speech)
3) Visuospatial Sketchpad (visuospatial info)

100
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2 types of long term memory

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Explicit Memories
¤ Facts and events that can be easily communicated ¤ Implicit Memories
¤ Skills and habits (not easily communicated)

101
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3 classes of ltm?

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Episodic: unique past experience (explicit);
e.g.,) First time driving car

Semantic: Recollection of knowledge without unique experience; non-e.g.,) Names of colours

Implicit (Procedural): Physical recollection of muscle movements required to carry out a learned task (i.e., motor skills; implicit)

102
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what did HM prove abt hippocampus

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not in the ltm, not for retrieval, not for stm,

103
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Amnesia

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failure to encode store or retrieve a memory

104
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anterograde amnesia

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Inability to make new memories after event

105
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Retrograde Amnesia

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Loss of memory from before event

106
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anterograde amnesia

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Loss of ability to create new memories after the event that caused the amnesia

107
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Fugue State

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Individual loses memory of personal history/identity

108
Q

alzheimers disease

A

Development of plaques and
neurofibrillary tangles

109
Q

Korsakoff’s Syndrome

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¤Caused by severe B1 (thiamine) deficiency

110
Q

¤Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory

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Allows individual to remember every detail of their lives with near-perfect accuracy

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