HM had partial ___________ amnesia and severe ____________ amnesia
he still had ________ memory, _______ memory such as emotional associations, skills (mirror drawing), and conditioning (eye blink) correct answers retrograde anterograde working implicit
HM had ______ ___________ seizures for 1...
HM had partial ___________ amnesia and severe ____________ amnesia
he still had ________ memory, _______ memory such as emotional associations, skills
(mirror drawing), and conditioning (eye blink) correct answers retrograde anterograde
working implicit
HM had ______ ___________ seizures for 11 years and had a bilateral medial temporal
lobectomy (removed part of his temporal lobe and hippocampus). Taught us that the
hippocampus is NOT where long-term memory is stored but that it is important for
__________ some forms of long term memories. He was able to form some short term
memory but had severe anterograde amnesia for explicit memories and spatial memory.
correct answers drug resistant consolidating
HM had memories that were unaffected which suggests that the _________ is less
important for those memories correct answers hippocampus
What does this tell us about different types of memories?
not all memories are the _______ and different types of memories must use different
________ ___________ correct answers same neural substrates
What is consolidation & what affects how fast & strong it is? correct answers The
gradual process of turning STM to LTM. The time needed for consolidation varies
especially depending on familiarity of topic and emotional content.
________ and ________ memories are subdivisions of long term memory correct
answers implicit explicit
what is implicit memory? what regions of the brain are important? correct answers
unconscious memories
cortex, basal ganglia, cerebellum, amygdala
what is explicit memory? what regions of the brain are important? correct answers
conscious memories
hippocampus, nearby cortex, parts of thalamus
explicit memories can be divided into __________ (remembering events) and
_________ (knowing facts) correct answers episodic semantic
in implicit:
skills and habits come from ______, ________, and ___________
priming comes from _________
emotional associations come from _________
, conditioned reflexes come from ____________ correct answers cortex basal ganglia
cerebellum cortex amygdala cerebellum
What are some differences b/t short-term memory and long-term memory? give
examples of each correct answers short term memory is a cognitive system used to
hold a little information for a short period of time
ex. phone number, short grocery list, a name
long term memory is a vast store of knowledge and a record of prior events
ex. remembering how to do a math problem
what is working memory? give an example correct answers using STM and LTM to
control behavior
ex. getting back to your car, baking a cake and remembering what you already put in,
mental math
Leonard can't form any new memories. Leonard has ________. correct answers
anterograde amnesia
I can tie my shoe! This is an example of a _________ memory.
What parts of my brain are required for the memory of tying my shoe? correct answers
long term, implicit, skills and habits
cortex, basal ganglia, cerebellum
My memory of my last birthday party is a type of __________ memory.
What parts of my brain are required for that? correct answers long term explicit
hippocampus, nearby cortex, parts of thalamus
I once saw a woman I knew a long time ago. I really barely remembered her, but I knew
I did not like her! This is an example of an ___________ (hint: a type of implicit
memory).
What part of my brain is important for that memory? correct answers implicit emotional
associations
amygdala
Mental math...
What did you use to figure that out? correct answers working memory
What brain region is important for working memory? correct answers the prefrontal
cortex and the hippocampus
what is retrograde and anterograde amnesia? correct answers Retrograde amnesia
refers to memory loss that happened prior to injury
Anterograde amnesia refers to memory loss that occurs after the injury
What types of memory is the hippocampus specialized for? correct answers episodic
and semantic explicit memories
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