5C The role of episodic and semantic memory in remembering and imagining

Question 1

Alzheimer’s disease

Answer 1

A neurodegenerative disease that involves the progressive loss of neurons in the brain and is characterized by memory decline

Question 2

Aphantasia

Answer 2

A phenomenon in which individuals lack the capacity to generate mental imagery

Question 3

What causes Alzheimer’s

Answer 3

Brain atrophyoccurs. Amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles progressively damage neurons, which die, causing the brain tissue to shrink of the hippocampus.

Question 4

Amyloid plaques

Answer 4

Fragments of beta-amyloid that form insoluble plaques

Question 5

Neurofibrillary tangles

Answer 5

Build up of protein tau that hinder communication within the neurons