neuropsychology of memory

Question 1

What is amnesia

Answer 1

Intelligence, attention span and personality is intact but the ability to take in new information is severely and permanently affected.

Question 2

What usually causes amnesia

Answer 2

Damage to the medial temporal lobe and anatomically connected regions

Question 3

What is anterograde amnesia

Answer 3

amnesia post brain injury and is very severe.

Question 4

What is procedural memory

Answer 4

procedural memory refers to skills and habits that you repeat over time.

Question 5

what is episodic memory

Answer 5

memory for events in the past and are specific, what where when

Question 6

what is semantic memory

Answer 6

knowledge of facts, concepts, word meanings and can be retrieved without knowledge about where and when.

Question 7

how is semantic memory affected by amnesia

Answer 7

people with amnesia cannot form semantic memories.

Question 8

What is retrograde amnesia

Answer 8

ability to retrieve memories before brain injury

Question 9

How is episodic and semantic memory affected by retrograde amnesia

Answer 9

semantic memory is relatively unaffected howver episodic memory is.

Question 10

What is semantic dementia

Answer 10

A loss of semantic memory and loose their conceptual knowledge of the world, poor knowledge of words or concepts. naming difficulties,

Question 11

What are confabulations

Answer 11

erroneous memories, either false in themselves or resulting from true memories misplaced in context an inappropriately retrieved or interpreted.