6.08 Neuroscience and memory

Question 1

brain region where memories of fear are stored

Answer 1

amygdala

Question 2

two lobes where ST and LT memories are stored

Answer 2

prefrontal and temporal lobes

Question 3

region of the brain that is like an index for our memories, helping us to retrieve them efficienty

Answer 3

hippocampus

Question 4

occurs when the connections between neurons involved in a memory become stronger

Answer 4

long-term potentiation

Question 5

all the changes in our brains that take place as we form new memories

Answer 5

consolidation

Question 6

the famous epilepsy patient H.M. had his __ removed

Answer 6

hippocampus

Question 7

after removal of his hippocampus, H.M. could not form new __ memories

Answer 7

declarative/explicit

Question 8

after removal of his hippocampus, H.M.’s __ memory was still intact (unharmed)

Answer 8

procedural

Question 9

the psychologically motivated forgetting of a traumatic event

Answer 9

repression

Question 10

the usually temporary loss of memory from the point of injury backward

Answer 10

retrograde amnesia

Question 11

the usually temporary loss of the ability to form new memories

Answer 11

anterograde amnesia

Question 12

mental disorder characterized by forgetfulness, confusion and mood swings

Answer 12

senile dementia

Question 13

most common form of dementia found in adults; begins with anterograde amnesia, then retrograde amnesia begins

Answer 13

Alzheimer’s disease

Question 14

forgetting memories from the first three years of life, since they are largely implicit, rather than explicit

Answer 14

infantile amnesia

Question 15

memory for events and facts related to one’s personal life story

Answer 15

autobiographical memory

Question 16

type of memory that is typically not affected by amnesia

Answer 16

procedural