Susie Chapter 11 Flashcards
the formation of new memories is thought to depend on __ __
synaptic plasticity
what kind of memory holds info in your mind for a short time in an active conscious state?
working-memory
the much larger, more passive storehouse of info is called…
long-term memory
the short-term memory system includes which 2 parts that are controlled by the central executive system?
visuo-spatial sketch pad, auditory short term store
often, one can remember __ items in working memory
7 +/- 2
the bit of your brain that you use to say things to yourself is called…
silent rehearsal loop
true or false
if you read words or numbers visually, the info will be transcribed as images
false
the info will still be transcribed into a phonological (sound) code
this can hold on to images of objects for long enough for you to manipulate them in your mind’s eye
visual sketchpad
working memory is largely located in which 2 lobes?
frontal and parietal lobes
auditory memory such as speech, planning and decision-making is lateralized in which part of the brain?
left frontal and parietal lobes
the visual sketchpad is located in which hemisphere?
right
memory system may have co-evolved with __
speech
our ability to identify familiar people it’s because there are areas in the cortex that extract a __ __ of what we are looking at
perceptual representation
the vast storehouse of factual knowledge that we have all accumulated about the world is…
semantic memory
which 2 areas of the brain are important for skill learning?
basal ganglia and cerebellum
which area of the brain is important for emotional learning?
amygdala
this memory is what you use to keep track of personal experience.
episodic memory
people who have this disease cannot remember meeting other people only half an hour earlier, cannot remember whether they have recently eaten a meal or ought to have one
amnesia
people who have this type of amnesia cannot remember things that happened before they became ill
retrograde amnesia
areas in the midbrain called __ __ and __, as well as medial temporal lobe called __ are critical for memory
mammillary bodies, thalamus, hippocampus
this cortex mediates the sense of familiarity about the past (important for episodic memory)
perirhinal cortex (PRH)
the cells in the hippocampus that fire action-potentials only when an animal explores a familiar place and where events happened are called…
place cells
the navigational learning system relates to both __ and __ memory
semantic, episodic
learning about places is impaired when a drug that blocks __ receptors is applied to the hippocampus
NMDA
