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1
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Where are memories formed?

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Limbic system

2
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Where are memories stored?

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Association areas

3
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What comprises the limbic system?

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Hypothalamus
Hippocampus
Cingulate gyrus
Amygdala

4
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What does electrical stimulation of areas in the brain create?

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Reward and punishment areas

5
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Why are reward and punishment areas important?

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Gives a risk significance

6
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How is the hippocampus involved in memory?

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Sensory information goes through it, relays information to other limbic systems

7
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What will have to the memory of a person with bilateral hippocampal damage?

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Have immediate and intact long term memory 
Unable to form new memories 
Reflexive memory (motor skills) intact
8
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What are the different types of memory?

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Immediate/ sensory memory
Short term memory
Intermediate long term memory
Long term memory

9
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What happens to a short term memory if it is deemed significant?

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Consolidation in long term memory storage

10
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What is anterograde amnesia?

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Inability to recall events following the injury. Can be short lived or permanent

11
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What is retrograde amnesia?

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Cannot remember events leading up to the injury

12
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How is intermediate long term memory maintained?

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Increasing Ca2+ entry to presynaptic terminals, increases neurotransmitter release which strengthens the synapse

13
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How is long term memory maintained?

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Increase in neurotransmitter sites on presynaptic membrane
Increase in number of neurotransmitter vesicles stored and released
Increase in number of presynaptic terminals

14
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What are the two main types of long term memory?

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Declarative/ explicit - abstract memory

Procedural/Reflexive/ Implicit - acquired slowly through repetition

15
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How does consolidation occur?

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Selective strengthening of synaptic connections through repetition

16
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In what diseases can memory become impaired?

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Korsakoff’s (chronic alcoholism)

Alzheimer’s