Unit 3 topic 3- the brain and memory

Question 1

Hippocampus

Answer 1

within temporal lobe and plays major role in formation and consolidation of explicit long term memory. also associated with spatial memory.

Question 2

consolidation

Answer 2

physical and chemical change required to make a long term memory permanent

Question 3

Case study of H.M

Answer 3

suffered from epilepsy. removed his hippocampus and was unable to make long term episodic/semantic memory

Question 4

Role of Cerebellum

Answer 4

under cerebral cortex. plays important role in motor movement and procedural memory