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what is learning and memory

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L: acquisition of new information
M: retention of learned info

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T.F. the way and place info is stored can change over time

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T

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what is the first division of categories of memory

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explicit (declarative
implicit (non-declarative)

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what are the divisions of declarative memory

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semantic (facts)
episodic (events)

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what are characteristics of declarative memory

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easy to form and forget
accessible to conscious recollection

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what is included in non-declarative memory

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procedural memory: motor skills, habits

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what are characteristics about non-declarative memory

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requires repetition to form, less likely to be forgotten
doesnt need conscious recollection

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what does procedural memory link

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sensations to movement
learning a motor response in reaction to a sensory input

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what are further categories of non-declarative learning

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non-associative learning
- habituation
- sensitization
associative learning
- classical conditioning
- operant conditioning

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what are other types of declarative memory

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working memory
short-term memories
long-term memories

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characteristics of short-term memories

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stores facts and events
converted to long-term
disrupted by head trauma, electro convulsive therapy (ECT), intoxication

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characteristics of long-term memories

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recalled months or years later
less susceptible to disruption

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characteristics of working memory

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temporary storage, lasts seconds, sensitive to distractions, limited capacity, requires rehearsal to keep something in mind

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where does working memory occur in the brain

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neocortex, numerous brain locations

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how can you improve working memory

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chunking (grouping numbers (phone #))

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how can we test working memory

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wisconsin card sorting task and delayed-response task

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what type of lesions can impair working memory

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prefrontal cortex

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what is amnesia

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serious loss of memory and/or ability to learn

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what types of amnesia are there

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limited, dissociated, transient global, retrograde, anterograde

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what is limited amnesia

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most common, caused by trauma
typically occurs with non-memory cognitive deficits

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what is dissociated amnesia

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rare
no other cognitive deficits

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what is transient global amnesia

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sudden and short-lasting global amnesia resulting from temporal ischemia and causes memory gaps

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what is retrograde amnesia

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memory loss for things prior to brain trauma
can be all episodic M
typically most severe or recent events, then goes down

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what is anterograde amnesia

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inability to form new memories after brain trauma
learning could just be slower
affects most episodic M, procedural M is usually good

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in most clinical cases, people suffer more of retrograde or anterograde amnesia
mixture of both
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who taught rats to run rat mazes
karl lashley
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what did karl lashley say/discover
cortical lesions produced memory deficits (rat maze) lesion size>location correlates with deficit speculated all cortical areas contribute equally (equipotential)
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what was kept and what was rejected from karl lashleys theories
equipotential disproved memory traces/engrams can be widely distributed in the brain
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what did D.O. Hebb believe
external events are represented in a network of simultaneously active cortical cells
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what (in cells) accounts for working memory
cell assembly, reverberatory activity in the network of cell
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how does consolidation happen according to Hebb
by growth process cells that fire together, wire together
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what does the engram of cell assembly involve according to Hebb
widely distributed linked cells neurons involved in sensation and perception
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what happens to the cell assembly when a visual stimulus like a circle appears
circle activates a cell assembly they continue to be active in absence of circle repeated activity strengthens connections creating an engram/memory partial activation of the engram can recall the entire memory memory could be retained even after partial damage to the engram
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where are declarative memories stored
neocortex
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where are declarative initially encoded
medial temporal lobe : hippocampus
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what are medial temporal lobes important for in declarative memory
consolidation and storage
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how did they demonstrate that medial temporal lobes are important in declarative memories
electrical stimulation in temporal lobe neural recordings from the temporal lobe amnesia due to temporal lobe damage
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what did wilder penfield found
montreal neurological institue (MNI)
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what did wilder penfield do
treat patients with severe epilepsy stimulated brain of awake patients with electrical probes under local anesthesia and observed their responses i can smell burnt toast
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what did wilder penfield contribute to neuroscience
map of motor and sensory homunculus discovered punctate declarative memories in temporal lobes (ppl described hallucinations or recollections of past experiences)
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what brain damage did henry molaison suffer from
removal of temporal lobes to cure seizures
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what were the consequences of the lobotomy on HM
no effect on perception, intelligence and personality anterograde amnesia, cant perform basic human activities partial retrograde amnesia impaired declarative memory good procedural memory
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could HM perform the mirror drawing challenge
yes (procedural memory)
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why was is hard to recreate the deficits of HM in animals
they could still learn mazes
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what test showed deficits similar to HM in animals
delayed matching-to-sample and delayed non-matching to sample (DNMS) in macaques recognition memory task shown A, then A and new B, rewarded for either choosing the same or new stimulus
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what brain structures seem important in memory deficits seen in DNMS
hippocampus and rhinal cortex
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what is the Koraskoff's syndrome
confusion, confabulations, severe memory impairment, apathy
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what are the causes of Korsakoff's syndrome
chronic alcoholism, thiamin/vitamin B deficiency
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Korsakoff's syndrome is due to lesions is what area in the brain
dorsomedial thalamus and mammillary bodies
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who had the Korsakoff's syndrome and what happened
Jimmie G, 49 intelligence and childhood, adolescence memory intact severe retrograde and anterograde amnesia blunted feelings but forget the reason for the emotion stuck in a single moment of living
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T.F. memory formation, retention, retrieval involve a system of interconnected brain areas
T
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what are the roles of the hippocampus
binds sensory information for memory consolidation spatial memory, location of objects of behavioral importance storage of memories for some length of time
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hippocampal lesions affect performance of what task
radial arm maze, cant get food from baited arms morris water maze, learning the location of the platform
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what are place cells
in hippocampus fire when animal is in or thinks its in a specific place dynamic, alter place fields based on behavioral needs
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T.F. place cells are confirmed in humans
F PET imaging shows hippocampal activity to spatial navigation of a virtual town
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what are grid cells
entorhinal cortex respond when animal is at multiple locations that form a hexagonal grid how the brain computes space
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T.F. grid cells are confirmed in humans
T in entorhinal cortex
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place cells and grid cells suggest the brain region is specialized in
spatial navigation entorhinal cortex sends info to hippocampus and could help form place cells
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what did HMs case bring light to about storage
not all hippocampal memory resides in hippocampus could run out of space? HM could remember war and childhood
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what is consolidation
process by which long-term memories are formed
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which (STM or LTM) requires local synaptic changes and which requires more permanent structural changes
STM = local LTM = permanent structural changes (growth of existing and new synapses)
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what can consolidation be disrupted by
several amnestic treatments electro convulsive shock (ECS) beta-blockers (propanolol) protein synthesis inhibitors (anisomycin)
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what are the questions that arise about consolidation
1. if u block formation/expression of STM, can LTM still develop 2. can u create a LTM in the absence of STM
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are STM and LTM separate or connected processes
separate parallel processes a strong learning event triggers 2 molecular cascades: 1. rapid and short-lasting 2. slow and long-lasting
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what is cellular consolidation
strengthening of connections that form LTM initially occur in the hippocampus
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what is systems consolidation
with time and rehearsal, changes and memory move out of hippocampus and into cortical structures (hypothesis)
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distinction is sometimes made btw _______ and _______ long-term memories
recent ; remote
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what are the 2 meanings for consolidation
1. recalling a memory initially requires hippocampus 2. after systems consolidation, recall of a memory may be hippocampus-independent
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how do the two meanings of consolidation explain a pattern of amnesia
explains pattern of retrograde amnesia after hippocampal damage: new memories need hippocampus, older consolidated memories dont need hippocampus
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what plays an important role in updating and strengthening consolidated memories
recall, re-use, rehearsal
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what is reconsolidation
act of recall that can lead to additional consolidation
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why is eyewitness testimony not so reliable
memory reactivation can add false information
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what happens if the re-consolidation process is blocked
recall-dependent loss of memory = amnesia
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what happens if amnesic treatment after reactivation of a memory
disrupt memory reconsolidation - weaken or erase memory - amnesic treatments can be used in humans (propanolol)
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what are possible therapeutic applications of reconsolidation blocking
PTSD cue-induced drug craving and relapse
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what does propanolol do
attenuate the emotional content rather than erase the memory itself
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what are the most recent studies on reconsolidation
disrupt the reconsolidation and reactivation with extinction reactivate consolidated memories, followed by extinction training to modify memory
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what are the results on fear conditioning followed by reactivation with extinction
no spontaneous recovery when extinction was in consolidation time spontaneous recovery for when extinction is 6hrs after possible long-lasting effects specific to priming CS

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