T1 L11: Neuropsychology of Memory (AR)
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Which type of memory will be discussed in the upcoming section?

  • Working memory
  • Short term memory
  • Semantic memory
  • Long term memory (correct)

    • What is the name of the famous case that will be discussed?

  • Deborah
  • Clive Waring
  • Adele
  • H.M. (correct)

    • How long is Clive Waring's memory span?

  • Less than 1 minute
  • Less than 1 hour
  • Less than 30 seconds (correct)
  • Less than 7 seconds

    • Who is the only person Clive Waring recognizes?

    <p>His wife</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the reason behind the party at the narrator's house tomorrow?

    <p>To celebrate her daughter's wedding</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Where did the narrator's friend's daughter get married?

    <p>New Zealand</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the narrator's friend's daughter just do before getting married?

    <p>Got engaged</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What medical condition did patient H.M. have?

    <p>Epilepsy</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of amnesia did H.M. have?

    <p>Anterograde amnesia</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of memory is associated with recalling personal events and experiences?

    <p>Episodic memory</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of memory is associated with remembering facts and information about the world?

    <p>Semantic memory</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What law describes how brain damage tends to impair more recently formed memories to a greater extent than older memories?

    <p>Rooibos Law</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which part of the brain is responsible for encoding new episodic memories?

    <p>Hippocampus</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of amnesia affects the ability to recall events that occurred before an injury?

    <p>Retrograde amnesia</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the process of transferring short-term memories into long-term memories called?

    <p>Memory consolidation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What part of the brain is often affected in Alzheimer's disease, leading to encoding problems?

    <p>Hippocampus</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of memory is responsible for the consolidation of information from the hippocampus to the neocortex during sleep?

    <p>Declarative memory</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of memory is more associated with unconscious processes and activities such as riding a bike or playing the piano?

    <p>Procedural memory</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of memory is involved in classical conditioning, where a learned response is elicited by a previously neutral stimulus?

    <p>Declarative memory</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of memory is more conscious and involves the recollection of personal experiences and facts?

    <p>Episodic memory</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which part of memory is the focus of rehab in this case?

    <p>Retrieval</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What technique might be used in rehab to help someone with cognitive problems?

    <p>Error-less learning</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What physical health problems did the patient believe she had?

    <p>Activation disorder</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What were the initial diagnoses given to the patient?

    <p>Abnormal grief reaction, psychosis, activation disorder, malingering</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Based on the information provided, what is the possible cause of the person's memory problem?

    <p>Bereavement</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the significance of the person not being able to recognize the sun?

    <p>It indicates a memory problem</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the difference between a normal grief reaction and an abnormal grief reaction?

    <p>Intensity and duration</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the possible impact of bereavement on mental health?

    <p>Psychological responses</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the time frame when the person's problems started?

    <p>Two years ago</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the possible cause of the person's exaggerated set of problems?

    <p>Abnormal grief reaction</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which brain system is impaired in Huntingdon's disease?

    <p>Basal ganglia</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of memory is associated with the learning of motor skills?

    <p>Procedural memory</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for the process in which a skill becomes automatic and can operate in the absence of awareness?

    <p>Skill automatization</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of memory is responsible for perceptual priming?

    <p>Perceptual Representation System</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for the process of avoiding mistakes during acquisition based on the principle that amnesic patients are unable to correct their errors?

    <p>Errorless learning</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of memory is impaired in semantic dementia?

    <p>Semantic memory</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which part of the brain is associated with semantic dementia and shows marked atrophy?

    <p>Temporal lobe</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of amnesia is characterized by the inability to recall previously learned information or past events before an injury or disease?

    <p>Retrograde amnesia</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What law states that the most recently acquired memories are the most vulnerable to disruption from brain damage?

    <p>Ribot's Law</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of memory is associated with personal experiences and memories specific in time and place?

    <p>Episodic memory</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which part of the brain is necessary for encoding new declarative memories?

    <p>Medial temporal lobes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the two-stage theory of memory consolidation?

    <p>Initial encoding and consolidation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of memory is associated with motor and cognitive skills?

    <p>Procedural memory</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for knowledge that we have no conscious access to, such as motor and cognitive skills?

    <p>Nondeclarative memory</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which brain region was included in the bilateral medial temporal lobectomy performed on Patient H.M.?

    <p>Hippocampus</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the main reason for performing the radical surgery on Patient H.M.?

    <p>Treatment-resistant epilepsy</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of memory is associated with conscious recollection of personal events and experiences?

    <p>Episodic memory</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term used to describe the impaired ability to form new long-term memories after brain damage?

    <p>Anterograde amnesia</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the difference between episodic memory and semantic memory?

    <p>Episodic memory is for personal experiences, while semantic memory is for general knowledge</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is confabulation?

    <p>The production of fabricated or distorted memories</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which brain region is associated with memory consolidation from the hippocampus to the neocortex during sleep?

    <p>Prefrontal cortex</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term used to describe the phenomenon of false or erroneous memories arising in the context of neurological disease?

    <p>Confabulation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which part of the brain is commonly affected in conditions associated with confabulation?

    <p>Frontal lobes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term used to describe the type of confabulation where persistent and unprovoked erroneous memories are expressed?

    <p>Spontaneous confabulation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of memory is primarily affected in individuals with confabulation?

    <p>Episodic memory</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which condition is commonly associated with spontaneous confabulation?

    <p>Frontotemporal dementia</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is NOT a proposed theory for the underlying mechanisms of confabulation?

    <p>Memory consolidation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which part of the brain is responsible for retrieval, ordering, and monitoring memories?

    <p>Frontal lobes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term used to describe the type of confabulation that arises in response to a challenge to memory?

    <p>Provoked confabulation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of memory is associated with unconscious processes and activities such as riding a bike or playing the piano?

    <p>Procedural memory</p> Signup and view all the answers

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