vocab Flashcards
sensory/iconic memory
-The copy of sensory info that you just seen, heard, tasted, etc
-Very short lasting
-Thought to be stored in primary areas
Capacity- somewhat difficult to determine
explicit memory
-Knowing that
-episodic memories- memory for events
semantic memory-memory for facts
implicit memory
-Knowledge memory
-priming, skills, classical conditioning
Korsakoffs syndrome brain damage
-Medial diencephalon
-prefrontal cortex (confabulation)
-Some other regions as well
limitations of studying amnesics
-Lesions are not specific
-Findings may not be generalizable
-Difficult to control
basal forebrain is involved in ___ in memory
acetylcholine neurotransmitters, dementia, Alzheimers
the mediodorsal nucleus is involved in ___ in memory
retrograde and anterograde amnesia
the prefrontal cortex is involved in ___ in memory
working memory and sequence memory
the amygdala is involved in ___ in memory
fear response and emotional significance
rhinal cortex is involved in ___ in memory
object recognition
hippocampus is involved in ___ in memory
spacial memory and consolidation
inferotemporal cortex is involved in ___ in memory
visual experience
cerebellum and striatum are involved in ___ in memory
implicit memory, skill memory, habit formation
Morris water maze
hippocampus lesion assessment
hippocampus lesion assessment
-Place cells
-Neurons fire preferentially when the animal is in specific locations
-Maps of the environment- place fields developed with experience
Eg, food-caching animals (bunnies, squirrels, birds)
-cognitive map
