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1
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Engram

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physical embodiment of the memory , changes in the brain e.r. plasma membrane changes

2
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procedural memory

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skills, unavailable to conscious mind, implicit memory, learnt by practicing

3
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declarative memory

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actual knowledge, explicit, transfer through teaching

4
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where is the working memory located

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prefrontal cortex

5
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hippocampus role in memory

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convert hot memory to long term, declarative, if lesions e.g. mouse in water with platform

6
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amygdala role in memory

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sensory inputs eg. smell

emotional, learnt, fear association

7
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cerebellum role

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sensorimotor information is stored

8
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Hebbian synapse concept

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modification made in synapses, plasticity, strength of synapse can change

9
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Long term potentiation -

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strengthening of a synapse. requires synaptic responsivity modification and protein phosphorylation to change activity

10
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depression of facilitation -

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decrease in nt so decrease in EPSP amplitude.requires synaptic responsivity modification and protein phosphorylation to change activity

11
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Aplysia Californica

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snail has gill withdrawel reflex as delicates and needed for respiration so remove

if apply electric shock it withdraws gill quicker