Memory and Brain Function

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What is the primary difference between episodic memory and semantic memory?

Episodic memory is independent of personal experience, while semantic memory relies on recalling contextual details.

Episodic memory stores specific personal experiences, while semantic memory stores factual information. (correct)

Semantic memory is unconscious, while episodic memory is linked to skills like riding a bicycle.

Episodic memory only includes world knowledge, while semantic memory stores observational information.

Which type of memory allows for recalling various contextual and situational details of past experiences?

Semantic memory

Episodic memory (correct)

Procedural memory

Implicit memory

What type of knowledge does semantic memory primarily store?

Object knowledge

Language knowledge

Conceptual priming

Factual information (correct)

Which type of memory is commonly associated with improving skills without conscious awareness?

Implicit memory Signup and view all the answers

In the context of the text, which example best represents an instance of semantic memory?

Recalling language knowledge Signup and view all the answers

What characterizes implicit memory according to the text?

Refers to skills like learning to ride a bicycle Signup and view all the answers

What type of memory system is autobiographical memory?

A memory system consisting of episodes recollected from an individual's life Signup and view all the answers

What memory is required for a person to navigate around a familiar city?

Spatial memory Signup and view all the answers

What is often argued to be the summary of spatial memories in both humans and animals?

A cognitive map Signup and view all the answers

What occurs during the change from short-term working memory to long-term memory?

Protein synthesis and activation of genes Signup and view all the answers

What type of memory is responsible for recording information about one's environment and its spatial orientation?

Spatial memory Signup and view all the answers

What is the key to memory in all but the simplest of cases?

Alteration in the strength of selected synaptic connections Signup and view all the answers

Which technique is used to measure local amounts of oxygenated blood in the brain?

Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) Signup and view all the answers

Which part of the cortex is activated when hearing words?

Auditory cortex Signup and view all the answers

Which technique has been used to study complex aspects of learning and memory?

All of the above Signup and view all the answers

What is the characteristic of animals and humans that allows them to alter behavior on the basis of experience?

Learning Signup and view all the answers

Which neurosurgical procedure involves stimulation of the exposed cerebral cortex in conscious humans?

Exposed cerebral cortex stimulation Signup and view all the answers

Which technique is used to measure local glucose metabolism, which is proportionate to neural activity?

Positron emission tomographic (PET) scanning Signup and view all the answers

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What is the primary difference between episodic memory and semantic memory?

Which type of memory allows for recalling various contextual and situational details of past experiences?

What type of knowledge does semantic memory primarily store?

Which type of memory is commonly associated with improving skills without conscious awareness?

In the context of the text, which example best represents an instance of semantic memory?

What characterizes implicit memory according to the text?

What type of memory system is autobiographical memory?

What memory is required for a person to navigate around a familiar city?

What is often argued to be the summary of spatial memories in both humans and animals?

What occurs during the change from short-term working memory to long-term memory?

What type of memory is responsible for recording information about one's environment and its spatial orientation?

What is the key to memory in all but the simplest of cases?

Which technique is used to measure local amounts of oxygenated blood in the brain?

Which part of the cortex is activated when hearing words?

Which technique has been used to study complex aspects of learning and memory?

What is the characteristic of animals and humans that allows them to alter behavior on the basis of experience?

Which neurosurgical procedure involves stimulation of the exposed cerebral cortex in conscious humans?

Which technique is used to measure local glucose metabolism, which is proportionate to neural activity?

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