Memory Formation

Question 1

Hippocampus role in the formation of memories

Answer 1

Play a major role in the formation of declarative memories

Question 2

Hippocampus role in the storage of memories

Answer 2

Memories are temporarily held in the hippocampus then moved to the pre-frontal cortex

Question 3

Cerebellum role in the formation of memories

Answer 3

One of the brain regions that forms procedural memories

Question 4

Cerebellum role in the storage of memories

Answer 4

Is involved in the storage of procedural memories, specifically of learned sensorimotor skills. (Cutting paper with a pair of scissors.)

Question 5

Amygdala role in the formation of memories

Answer 5

Has a significant role in the formation of memories associated with fear.

Question 6

Amygdala role in the storage of memories

Answer 6

It is unlikely that the amygdala stores memories. The amygdala strengthens episodic memories stored in other regions of the brain.

Question 7

Retrograde amnesia

Answer 7

The inability to recall past memories prior to the onset of amnesia

Question 8

Anterograde amnesia

Answer 8

The inability to form new memories after developing amnesia

Question 9

Shallow processing

Answer 9

Encodes physical information based on appearance, known as structural encoding and via phonemic encoding.

Question 10

Deep processing

Answer 10

Elaborative rehearsal of information allows for deep processing because the information is encoded semantically.

Question 11

Structural encoding (shallow)

Answer 11

Encoding of visual information such as shape, colour and size.

Question 12

Phonemic encoding (intermediate)

Answer 12

Encoding of auditory information.

Question 13

Semantic processing (deep)

Answer 13

Attaching meaning to the information and/or linking the information to knowledge currently in the long-term store.