5B brain structures involved in memory

Question 1

long term memory

Answer 1

a store of memory in which potentially unlimited amount of information is stored for a relatively permanent amount of time

Question 2

explicit memory

Answer 2

type of memory that is consciously retrived

Question 3

implicit memory

Answer 3

type of memory that is unconsciously retrieved

Question 4

semantic memory

Answer 4

type of explicit memory that consists of general knowledge and facts

Question 5

episodic memory

Answer 5

type of episodic memory that consists of personal experiences or events

Question 6

procedural memory

Answer 6

type of implicit memory that involves knowing how to carry out tasks that are facilitated by motor skills

Question 7

classically conditioned memory

Answer 7

type of implicit memory that involves an involuntary response such as fear to a stimulus which has been repeatedly associated with an emotionally arousing stimulus

Question 8

hippocampus

Answer 8

brain structure that is primarily involved in encoding explicit memory

Question 9

amygdala

Answer 9

brain structure that is primarily involved in encoding the emotional components of memories

Question 10

neocortex

Answer 10

brain structure that stores explicit memories

Question 11

basal ganglia

Answer 11

brain structure that is involved in ending procedural and classically conditioned memories that are associated with unconscious habits, behaviours or procedures

Question 12

cerebellum

Answer 12

brain structure that encodes and stores procedural memories