Susie Chapter 11

Question 1

the formation of new memories is thought to depend on __ __

Answer 1

synaptic plasticity

Question 2

what kind of memory holds info in your mind for a short time in an active conscious state?

Answer 2

working-memory

Question 3

the much larger, more passive storehouse of info is called…

Answer 3

long-term memory

Question 4

the short-term memory system includes which 2 parts that are controlled by the central executive system?

Answer 4

visuo-spatial sketch pad, auditory short term store

Question 5

often, one can remember __ items in working memory

Answer 5

7 +/- 2

Question 6

the bit of your brain that you use to say things to yourself is called…

Answer 6

silent rehearsal loop

Question 7

true or false

if you read words or numbers visually, the info will be transcribed as images

Answer 7

false

the info will still be transcribed into a phonological (sound) code

Question 8

this can hold on to images of objects for long enough for you to manipulate them in your mind’s eye

Answer 8

visual sketchpad

Question 9

working memory is largely located in which 2 lobes?

Answer 9

frontal and parietal lobes

Question 10

auditory memory such as speech, planning and decision-making is lateralized in which part of the brain?

Answer 10

left frontal and parietal lobes

Question 11

the visual sketchpad is located in which hemisphere?

Answer 11

right

Question 12

memory system may have co-evolved with __

Answer 12

speech

Question 13

our ability to identify familiar people it’s because there are areas in the cortex that extract a __ __ of what we are looking at

Answer 13

perceptual representation

Question 14

the vast storehouse of factual knowledge that we have all accumulated about the world is…

Answer 14

semantic memory

Question 15

which 2 areas of the brain are important for skill learning?

Answer 15

basal ganglia and cerebellum

Question 16

which area of the brain is important for emotional learning?

Answer 16

amygdala

Question 17

this memory is what you use to keep track of personal experience.

Answer 17

episodic memory

Question 18

people who have this disease cannot remember meeting other people only half an hour earlier, cannot remember whether they have recently eaten a meal or ought to have one

Answer 18

amnesia

Question 19

people who have this type of amnesia cannot remember things that happened before they became ill

Answer 19

retrograde amnesia

Question 20

areas in the midbrain called __ __ and __, as well as medial temporal lobe called __ are critical for memory

Answer 20

mammillary bodies, thalamus, hippocampus

Question 21

this cortex mediates the sense of familiarity about the past (important for episodic memory)

Answer 21

perirhinal cortex (PRH)

Question 22

the cells in the hippocampus that fire action-potentials only when an animal explores a familiar place and where events happened are called…

Answer 22

place cells

Question 23

the navigational learning system relates to both __ and __ memory

Answer 23

semantic, episodic

Question 24

learning about places is impaired when a drug that blocks __ receptors is applied to the hippocampus

Answer 24

NMDA

Question 25

a good memory is about balancing between __ and __

Answer 25

remembering, forgetting

Question 26

when the taxi drivers are asked to imagine a trip from one place to another, there is a greater activation in the right __ cortex

Answer 26

parahippocampal

Question 27

this person developed the idea of working memory

Answer 27

Alan Baddeley

Question 28

which 2 type of memory belong to long term memory?

Answer 28

implicit (non-declarative) and explicit (declarative)

Question 29

which 2 type of memory is implicit memory?

Answer 29

procedural and priming

Question 30

which 2 type of memory is explicit memory?

Answer 30

semantic and episodic

Question 31

this memory relates to emotion and includes cues for you to remember certain things.
eg. the smell of dimsum reminds me of home

Answer 31

priming

Question 32

people who have this disease are unable to recall the right categories in the memory

Answer 32

semantic dementia

Question 33

this cell helps you oriented as you move through a physical place

Answer 33

grid cells

Question 34

this area is in the left hemisphere, responsible for understanding speech

Answer 34

wernicke’s area

Question 35

this area is in the left hemisphere, responsible for producing speech

Answer 35

broca’s area

Question 36

unable to remember future events is called…

Answer 36

anterograde amnesia