Cog Neuro Quiz 7: Memory

Question 1

A world class gymnast completes a perfect landing on the vault

Answer 1

procedural

Question 2

At your 20 year college reunion, you vividly recount where you were during the total solar eclipse in April 2024

Answer 2

Episodic

Question 3

Dr. Bailey cannot find her recipe for pancakes, but she’s made them many times. she recreates the ingredient list in her mind, mentally checking off items

Answer 3

working

Question 4

A researcher shows participants words, like “sports” and “flowers” very quickly followed by a male or female name. The participant responds more quickly to the name “Sarah” after seeing the word “flowers”

Answer 4

priming

Question 5

Aarons 84 year old mother struggles to remember names of familiar objects. Some days she does not recognize Aaron at all and other times she calls him Josh (Aarons brother). She cannot perform basic tasks because she forgets important steps. She is showing signs of…….

Answer 5

Dementia

Question 6

HM had a radical surgery to remove the hippocampus to stop his epileptic seizures. Consequently, he could not from explicit memories or new events post-surgery. HM’s symptoms are an example of……

Answer 6

anterograde amnesia

Question 7

Dr. Hall designed a study of long term memory that measured how much time it took participants to get their performance back to a previously acquired level. This approach to measuring memory is called…..

Answer 7

relearning

Question 8

This quiz uses matching and multiple choice questions to measure your memory. These approaches are examples of ______, which often feels easier because it provides _____ cues.

Answer 8

recognition; more

Question 9

Which of the following brain areas is NOT likely to play a role in encoding memories?

Answer 9

brainstem
important: medial temporal lobe, sensory cortices, hippocampus

Question 10

Retrieval of explicit memories involves activity in areas like the prefrontal cortex and hippocampus, as well as reactivation of the

Answer 10

sensory corticies

Question 11

Your roommate was telling you a story while your scrolling on tiktok. Later, you realize you have no idea what they told you. Which stage of memory most likely failed in this scenario?

Answer 11

encoding

Question 12

You read a question on this quiz. Answers look familiar, and you know you studied the topic, but you can’t quite recognize the correct answer now. Which stage of memory most likely failed in this scenario?

Answer 12

retrieval

Question 13

You are creating a brand new animal model of Alzheimer’s Disease. Which molecular changes would you want to ensure that your model had if you were following the traditional models of AD

Answer 13

amyloid plaques, tau tangles

Question 14

The neural pathways for implicit and explicit memory are different in several ways. Which difference might help explain why implicit memory does not require our conscious awareness?

Answer 14

its pathways are unidirectional

Question 15

You can hear a tornado siren and run for cover as a tree branch hits your door! the strength of your memory for this event later is partly due of greater activation of the _______ during fear

Answer 15

amygdala

Question 16

You correctly identify an object you’ve seen before. this type of explicit memory is supported by the …..

Answer 16

perirhinal cortex

Question 17

You have a cognitive map of campus that allows you to navigate that environment. this type of explicit is supported by….

Answer 17

Parahippocampal cortex

Question 18

In a parking lot of cars, you recognize your car as your own, despite similar looking objects. that sense of familiarity comes from the…….

Answer 18

entorhinal cortex

Question 19

Dr. Bailey checks the Crumbl menu weekly even though she trying to reduce sugar in her diet. She must inhibit the urge to eat a cookie to achieve her goal. which area of her brain monitors that conflict?

Answer 19

anterior cinculate

Question 20

A world class gymnast completes a perfecting landing from the vault. which area of the brain was most involved in the memory of how to do that?

Answer 20

basal ganglia.

Question 21

In Dr. Bailey’s quest to make pancakes, she relies heavily on the central executive and phonological loop to mentally track and update the recipe. Which two brain areas would you expect to be active if she were in an fMRI while thinking about the recipe?

Answer 21

dorsolateral and left ventrolateral PFC

Question 22

If you wanted to see if those areas were casually related to Dr. Bailey’s memory, you might want to use…..

Answer 22

TMS