Memory

Question 1

Define learning

Answer 1

Acquisition of information

Question 2

Define memory

Answer 2

Storage of learned information

Question 3

Define recall

Answer 3

Reacqusition of stored information

Question 4

Define engram

Answer 4

Physical embodiment of a memory

Question 5

What are the two types of memory?

Answer 5

Procedural and declarative

Question 6

Procedural

Answer 6

• Implicit
• Skills largely unavailable to conscious mind
• Can’t describe how you do it e.g. playing piano

Question 7

Declarative

Answer 7

• Explicit
• Can describe it
• Facts/Events

Question 8

Structures involved in memory

Answer 8

• Pre-frontal cortex
• Hippocampus
• Amygdala
• Cerebellum

Question 9

What organism is the Aplysia californica?

Answer 9

Snail

Question 10

Which reflex is present in snails?

Answer 10

Gill withdrawal reflex

Question 11

What does the Gill withdrawal reflex show?

Answer 11

• Habituation

- Short term and long term sensitisation

Question 12

What is the name given for pathological forgetting?

Answer 12

Amnesia

Question 13

What are the two types of amnesia and how can they be distinguished?

Answer 13

Anterograde amnesia - Forgetting new memories

Retrograde amnesia - Forgetting old memories

Question 14

What causes Klüver-Bucy syndrome?

Answer 14

Bilateral lesions to amygdala