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What is the process in which information is encoded, stored, and retrieved?

  • 3R: Registration Retention Retrieval (correct)
  • Habits and skills
  • Neuropsychology
  • Transient memory

    • Which type of memory involves skills and associations that are unavailable to the conscious mind?

  • Transient memory
  • Declarative memory
  • Capacity-limited memory
  • Non-declarative memory (correct)

    • What type of amnesia occurs following trauma?

  • Anterograde amnesia (correct)
  • Declarative amnesia
  • Transient amnesia
  • Retrograde amnesia

    • Who is mentioned as experiencing memory loss due to brain trauma?

    <p>H.M.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the two ways in which memory loss may manifest according to the text?

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

    Which term refers to the storage and retrieval of material available to the conscious mind?

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

    What term is used for information guiding ongoing behavior?

    <p>'Transient' memory</p> Signup and view all the answers

    'Amnesia' can result in a mix of which two types of memory loss?

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

    What specific brain region was removed during H.M.'s operation in 1953?

    <p>Anterior 2/3 of the hippocampus</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did careful analysis reveal about the hippocampus of the amnesic patient lost his memory during heart bypass surgery?

    <p>There were specific lesions within each hippocampus</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of memory is retained in patients with hippocampal lesions who have impaired encoding of declarative memory?

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

    What aspect of memory is impaired in patients with hippocampal lesions?

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

    What remained intact in the amnesic patients despite impaired encoding of declarative memory?

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

    In which disease are declarative memory encoding, storage, and retrieval impaired?

    <p>Alzheimer's Disease</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What aspect of memory is intact in patients with hippocampal lesions?

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

    Where is Short-Term Memory located?

    <p>In the prefrontal cortex</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of memory activation is characterized by transient and easily lost memory?

    <p>Activation-based</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary location of Semantic Memory?

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

    Which type of memory has very high capacity and involves changes in synapses?

    <p>Weight-based Memory</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What contributes to the extra holding power of neurons firing in Short-Term Memory?

    <p>Contribution from the prefrontal cortex</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Where is Long-Term Memory primarily located?

    <p>Relevant brain areas encoding specific information</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main concept of memory storage according to X.Liu PSYC 5130?

    <p>Encoded as patterns in the brain</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What happens when neurons continue to fire action potentials according to X.Liu PSYC 5130?

    <p>Maintenance of what was just seen or thought</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which brain region represents schemas in memory storage according to X.Liu PSYC 5130?

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

    How are different memories stored in the brain according to X.Liu PSYC 5130?

    <p>In distinct neural patterns</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to X.Liu PSYC 5130, what represents episodes in memory storage?

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

    What encodes long-term memories that last even after neural firing stops according to X.Liu PSYC 5130?

    <p>Synaptic changes through LTP</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main function of the hippocampus in memory retrieval?

    <p>Recalling old memories through pattern completion</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the significance of pattern separation in memory processing?

    <p>Encodes new patterns in CA3</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In the context of complementary learning systems, what defines semantic memory?

    <p>Pattern separation for new stimuli</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How does the human memory resemble a computer in terms of addressability?

    <p>Content addressable</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the impact of slow learning rates on event probabilities?

    <p>Facilitates accurate estimates across discrete events</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which learning process in memory retrieval results in reactivating old memories?

    <p>Pattern completion</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What distinguishes slow learning integration from rapid learning integration?

    <p>Trade-off between accuracy and speed</p> Signup and view all the answers

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