finals: Learning and Memory

Question 1

wherein one masters a new activity

Answer 1

Acquiring

Question 2

the new acquisition for a period of time

Answer 2

Retaining

Question 3

which enables one to reproduce the learned act or memorized material

Answer 3

remembering

Question 4

permanent change in behavior as a function of training, experience.

Answer 4

Learning

Question 5

is a deficit in memory caused by brain damage, disease, or psychological trauma.

Answer 5

Amnesia

Question 6

a temporary disturbance of consciousness produced by a nonpenetrating head injury

Answer 6

concussion

Question 7

-an amnesia following a nonpenetrating blow in the head

Answer 7

posttraumatic amnesia

Question 8

• a brain disorder caused by the lack of thiamine (vit.B.) in the brain

Answer 8

Korsakoff’s (Korsakovs) Syndrome

Question 9

invented memories which are taken as true due to gaps in memory

Answer 9

Confabulation

Question 10

is associated with a gradually progressive loss of memory often occurring in old age.

Answer 10

Alzheimer’s disease

Question 11

structures formed from degenerating neurons.

Answer 11

Plagues

Question 12

structures formed from degenerating structures within a neuronal body.

Answer 12

Tangles

Question 13

•Is the cortex of the inferior temporal lobe. It is involved in the visual perception of objects. It is thought to participate in storing memories of visual patterns.

Answer 13

Inferotemporal Cortex

Question 14

• An almond shaped nucleus in the anterior temporal lobe. It play a role in memory for emotional significance
of experiences.

Answer 14

Amygdala

Question 15

It is composed of numerous anatomically distinct areas that have different connections and functions. There are regions of prefrontal cortex that perform fundamental cognitive processes during all working memory tasks. Involved in the memory for the temporal order of events.

Answer 15

Prefrontal Cortex

Question 16

• Is thought to store memories of
learned sensorimotor skills.

Answer 16

Cerebellum

Question 17

it stores memories for consistent relationships between stimuli and responses- the type of memories that develop incrementally over man trials.

Answer 17

Striatum

Question 18

The____ helps construct a 3D “mental map” of our surroundings, and is crucial for our ability to move around in the real
world.

Answer 18

hippocampus

Question 19

• removal of a lobe or
  major part of one from the brain.

Answer 19

Lobectomy

Question 20

• Separation of a lobe or a major part of one from the rest of the brain by a large cut but is not removed

Answer 20

Lobotomy

Question 21

the removal of the medial portions of both temporal lobes, including most of the hippocampus, amygdala
and adjacent cortex.

Answer 21

Bilateral Medial Temporal Lobectomy

Question 22

is the inability to
retrieve information that was acquired
before a particular date, usually the date of an accident or operation.

Answer 22

Retrograde
amnesia