3b Flashcards
(15 cards)
The network that processes and stores explicit memories includes the _____ lobes and the hippocampus.
frontal
_____ memory refers to our memory for past events, whereas _____ memory refers to our memory for intended future actions
retrospective; prospective
Our capacity for storing long-term memories is:
limitless
The happier Judie feels, the more readily she recalls experiences with former teachers who were warm and generous. This BEST illustrates that emotional states can be _____ cues.
retrieval
Having read a story once, certain amnesia victims will read it faster the second time, even though they cannot recall having read the story before. They have MOST likely suffered damage to the brain’s _____.
hippocampus
Damage to the _____ would MOST likely interfere with a person’s ability to form new memories of a family vacation trip.
hippocampus
Theo suffers from depression and is currently in treatment. His physician is using electroconvulsive therapy, which will affect his _____ memory.
working
The amygdala boosts activity in the brain’s memory-forming areas when stimulated by:
stress hormones
An oldie playing on the radio reminds Donald of events that occurred when the song was current. For Donald, the song is acting as a:
retrieval cue
James has suffered hippocampal damage from a near-fatal bus crash. He is not able to remember verbal information but retains the ability to recall visual designs and locations. He may have suffered damage to his:
left hippocampus
Six-year-old Fiona has no memory of a trip she took to the hospital when she was 2 years old, yet the rest of her family recalls what happened in vivid detail. Her inability to remember this event is an example of _____ amnesia.
infantile
Mabel has Alzheimer’s disease, and her _____ memories of people and events are lost, but she is able to display an ability to form new _____ memories by being shown words repeatedly.
explicit; implicit
Concussions and electroconvulsive therapy are MOST likely to result in the elimination of memories from _____ memory.
working
We remember exciting or shocking events for a long time due to activation of the limbic system’s:
amygdala
Which factor is believed to be the synaptic basis for learning and memory?
long term potentiation
