Sensory memory has _____ capacity but ______ decay
large, rapid
Short term memory has _______ _______ capacity…the magic number is ____ +/- _____
severely limited, 7 +/- 2
______ ______ is involved in short term memory
Prefrontal cortex
Short term memory is also called _____ _______
working memory
Intermediate term memory lasts for ______ and ______
hours, days
Intermediate-term memory may be transferred to long term memory through _______
rehearsal
The two theories to forgetting are ______ and ______
decay and interference
Long term memory is separated into: 1) ______ 2) ________
1) Declarative (explicit memory)
2) Nondeclarative (implicit memory)
Declarative memory includes ______ and _______
events and facts
Declarative memory occurs in which part(s) of the brain?
Medial temporal lobe, middle diencephalon neocortex, especially the prefrontal cortex
What are the four parts of non declarative memory?
1) Procedural memory
2) Perceptual representation system
3) Classical conditioning
4) Nonassociative learning
Where is procedural memory stored?
BG and cerebellum
Where is perceptual representation information stored?
Perceptual and association neocortex
Where is classical conditioning stored?
skeletal muscle
Where is nonassociative learning stored?
reflex pathways
What two structures are involved in memory consolidation?
hippocampus and amygdala
Memories are more likely to reflect ______ a person perceived the event rather than _____ actually happened
how, what
What are the four main hippocampus functions?
1) Consolidation
2) Spatial and contextual memory
3) Detection of novel stimuli
4) Neurogenesis
What happened to taxi drivers in London after years of working? What does this show?
Volume of hippocampus grew, shows that hippocampus is plastic
How do we know where we are? How does this work?
place cells, these fire bursts of action potentials when animals pass through a specific part of its environment
How can we find the way from one place to another?
grid cells
How do grid cells work? Where are they found?
encode a cognitive representation of Euclidean space; found in entorhinal cortex
Where are head direction cells found?
ER and subiculum
Head direction cells are only active when…
an animal’s head points in a specific direction within an environment
