Prelim (Learning Memory)

Question 1

• process ofacquiring new information.
• happenswhen a memory is created or is strengthened by repetition.

Answer 1

Learning

Question 2

refers to the persistence of learning in a state thatcan be revealed at a later time.

Answer 2

Memory

Question 3

Major Hypothetical Stages

Answer 3

• encoding
• storage
• retrieval

Question 4

The initial learning of information

Answer 4

Encoding

Question 5

Encoding Steps

Answer 5

• Acquisition
• Consolidation

Question 6

registers inputs in sensory buffers and sensory analysis stages

Answer 6

Acquisition

Question 7

creates a stronger representation over time

Answer 7

Consolidation

Question 8

Deficits in memoryas a function of brain damage, disease, or psychological trauma.

Answer 8

Amnesia

Question 9

solidified in long-term stores over days, weeks, months and years.

Answer 9

Memories

Question 10

support the process of forming new memories.

Answer 10

Medial Temporal Lobe

Question 11

hypothesized to coordinate the strengthening of consolidation.

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Hippocampus

Question 12

Processes spatial context and culminates in parahippocampal cortex

Answer 12

Dorsal Information Stream

Question 13

processes exteroceptive signals for scene
learning.

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Caudal Hippocampus

Question 14

Processes object recognition and culminates in perirhinal cortex

Answer 14

Ventral Information Stream

Question 15

Processes interoceptive signals for emotional and motivational modulation.

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Rostral Hippocampus

Question 16

may be severe, extending back many decades before the amnesia-inducing event occurred or encompassing the patient’s entire life.

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Retrograde amnesia

Question 17

related to damage of the anterior temporal lobe.

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Isolated retrograde amnesia