Neuropsychology

Question 1

sensory part of the limbic system

Answer 1

• the olfactory bulb

Question 2

The hippocampus

Answer 2

• greay structure
• medial temporal lobe
• superior is the amygdala

Question 3

Microanatomy of the hippocampus

Answer 3

• cornoaanamous in the entorhinal cortex

Question 4

episodic memory

Answer 4

• coded in hippocampus

- what you had for tea/ where you went for holiday

Question 5

semantic memory

Answer 5

• things you know
• say lion
• in lateral temporal lobes

Question 6

implicit memory

Answer 6

• riding a bike

Question 7

emotional memory

Answer 7

• in amygdala

Question 8

Function of hippocampus

Answer 8

• doesn’t apply to new skills

- doesn’t apply to emotional memory

Question 9

Hypothalamus

Answer 9

• output of the limbic system
• highly connected area
• has longitudinal divisions and medio-lateral divisions
• concerned with primitive urges: thirst/hunger/sleep

Question 10

Endocrine function

Answer 10

• oxytocin and antidiuretic home formed in hypothalamus and released in the posterior pituitaryy gland

Question 11

Amygdala

Answer 11

• above and infront of hippocampus
• in temporal lobe
• grey matter strcutre

Question 12

Function of the amygdala

Answer 12

• recives highy processed information

Question 13

Function of the amygdala

Answer 13

• receives highly processed information