60 Questions
Which type of memory will be discussed in the upcoming section?
Long term memory
What is the name of the famous case that will be discussed?
H.M.
How long is Clive Waring's memory span?
Less than 30 seconds
Who is the only person Clive Waring recognizes?
His wife
What is the reason behind the party at the narrator's house tomorrow?
To celebrate her daughter's wedding
Where did the narrator's friend's daughter get married?
New Zealand
What did the narrator's friend's daughter just do before getting married?
Got engaged
What medical condition did patient H.M. have?
Epilepsy
Which type of amnesia did H.M. have?
Anterograde amnesia
What type of memory is associated with recalling personal events and experiences?
Episodic memory
What type of memory is associated with remembering facts and information about the world?
Semantic memory
What law describes how brain damage tends to impair more recently formed memories to a greater extent than older memories?
Rooibos Law
Which part of the brain is responsible for encoding new episodic memories?
Hippocampus
Which type of amnesia affects the ability to recall events that occurred before an injury?
Retrograde amnesia
What is the process of transferring short-term memories into long-term memories called?
Memory consolidation
What part of the brain is often affected in Alzheimer's disease, leading to encoding problems?
Hippocampus
What type of memory is responsible for the consolidation of information from the hippocampus to the neocortex during sleep?
Declarative memory
Which type of memory is more associated with unconscious processes and activities such as riding a bike or playing the piano?
Procedural memory
What type of memory is involved in classical conditioning, where a learned response is elicited by a previously neutral stimulus?
Declarative memory
Which type of memory is more conscious and involves the recollection of personal experiences and facts?
Episodic memory
Which part of memory is the focus of rehab in this case?
Retrieval
What technique might be used in rehab to help someone with cognitive problems?
Error-less learning
What physical health problems did the patient believe she had?
Activation disorder
What were the initial diagnoses given to the patient?
Abnormal grief reaction, psychosis, activation disorder, malingering
Based on the information provided, what is the possible cause of the person's memory problem?
Bereavement
What is the significance of the person not being able to recognize the sun?
It indicates a memory problem
What is the difference between a normal grief reaction and an abnormal grief reaction?
Intensity and duration
What is the possible impact of bereavement on mental health?
Psychological responses
What is the time frame when the person's problems started?
Two years ago
What is the possible cause of the person's exaggerated set of problems?
Abnormal grief reaction
Which brain system is impaired in Huntingdon's disease?
Basal ganglia
Which type of memory is associated with the learning of motor skills?
Procedural memory
What is the term for the process in which a skill becomes automatic and can operate in the absence of awareness?
Skill automatization
Which type of memory is responsible for perceptual priming?
Perceptual Representation System
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?
Errorless learning
Which type of memory is impaired in semantic dementia?
Semantic memory
Which part of the brain is associated with semantic dementia and shows marked atrophy?
Temporal lobe
Which type of amnesia is characterized by the inability to recall previously learned information or past events before an injury or disease?
Retrograde amnesia
What law states that the most recently acquired memories are the most vulnerable to disruption from brain damage?
Ribot's Law
Which type of memory is associated with personal experiences and memories specific in time and place?
Episodic memory
Which part of the brain is necessary for encoding new declarative memories?
Medial temporal lobes
What is the two-stage theory of memory consolidation?
Initial encoding and consolidation
Which type of memory is associated with motor and cognitive skills?
Procedural memory
What is the term for knowledge that we have no conscious access to, such as motor and cognitive skills?
Nondeclarative memory
Which brain region was included in the bilateral medial temporal lobectomy performed on Patient H.M.?
Hippocampus
What was the main reason for performing the radical surgery on Patient H.M.?
Treatment-resistant epilepsy
What type of memory is associated with conscious recollection of personal events and experiences?
Episodic memory
What is the term used to describe the impaired ability to form new long-term memories after brain damage?
Anterograde amnesia
What is the difference between episodic memory and semantic memory?
Episodic memory is for personal experiences, while semantic memory is for general knowledge
What is confabulation?
The production of fabricated or distorted memories
Which brain region is associated with memory consolidation from the hippocampus to the neocortex during sleep?
Prefrontal cortex
What is the term used to describe the phenomenon of false or erroneous memories arising in the context of neurological disease?
Confabulation
Which part of the brain is commonly affected in conditions associated with confabulation?
Frontal lobes
What is the term used to describe the type of confabulation where persistent and unprovoked erroneous memories are expressed?
Spontaneous confabulation
Which type of memory is primarily affected in individuals with confabulation?
Episodic memory
Which condition is commonly associated with spontaneous confabulation?
Frontotemporal dementia
Which of the following is NOT a proposed theory for the underlying mechanisms of confabulation?
Memory consolidation
Which part of the brain is responsible for retrieval, ordering, and monitoring memories?
Frontal lobes
What is the term used to describe the type of confabulation that arises in response to a challenge to memory?
Provoked confabulation
Which type of memory is associated with unconscious processes and activities such as riding a bike or playing the piano?
Procedural memory
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