The Parable of the Choir

Question 1

In the parable of the choir, who is the conductor who doesn’t sing?

Answer 1

Working Memory

Question 2

In the parable of the choir, who does the conductor send the hyperlinks to find the information?

Answer 2

hippocampus

Question 3

In the parable of the choir, who does the hippocampus link to where the long term memory is stored? (The long term memory links)

Answer 3

neocortex

Question 4

T or F: The information in the long term memory (neocortex) can be related to anything, History of Nubia, plot of Because of Winn Dixie, the road to get to a friends house

Answer 4

True

Question 5

T or F: The offline teaching that happens when you are sleeping is an essential part of declarative learning.

Answer 5

True. It’s what enables the neocortex to build solid neural links.

Question 6

T or F: The neocortex has to sing what she’s heard a lot of times.(retrieval/link it) and at first it is very weakly in the long term memory (learn it phase)

Answer 6

T