Introduction To Memory

Question 1

What is learning ?

Answer 1

Change in behaviour due to experience

Acquisition of knowledge

Question 2

What is memory ?

Answer 2

Ability to code, store and recall information and experience.

Question 3

Types of memory according to duration :

Answer 3

Sensory memory
Short-term memory
Long term memory

Question 4

Formation of sensory memory is ?

Answer 4

Unconscious and very quickly

Question 5

Duration of sensory memory ?

Answer 5

0.2–4 seconds only

Iconic 0.5 seconds
Echoic 3–4 seconds
Hepatic <1 second

Question 6

Short term memory capacity ?

Answer 6

7 +/- 2 items of information.

Question 7

Ways to improve short term memory ?

Answer 7

Attention
Rehearsal or repetition
Association of new info with old info
Categorisation
Sleep

Question 8

Short term memory is impaired with :

Answer 8

Ageing
Alzheimer's disease
Depression
Anxiety disorder
Stress
Alcohol
Vitamin B deficiency

Question 9

Long-term memory ?

Answer 9

Unlimited capacity that stores info for long time

Question 10

Types of memory according to content ?

Answer 10

1-Declarative memory
a-episodic memory
b-semantic memory

2-Procedural memory
a-Non associative memory
b-Associative

Question 11

Stages of memory processing

Answer 11

Including
Consolidation
Storage
Recall

Question 12

Parts of the brain related to sensory memory

Answer 12

Pre-frontal cortex

Hippocampus

Question 13

Parts of the brain related to short term memory

Answer 13

Hippocampus

Question 14

Parts of the brain related to long term

Answer 14

Cerebellum
Basal nuclei
Amygdala
Temporal cortex