34 Questions
What is the process in which information is encoded, stored, and retrieved?
3R: Registration Retention Retrieval
Which type of memory involves skills and associations that are unavailable to the conscious mind?
Non-declarative memory
What type of amnesia occurs following trauma?
Anterograde amnesia
Who is mentioned as experiencing memory loss due to brain trauma?
H.M.
What are the two ways in which memory loss may manifest according to the text?
Retrograde and anterograde amnesia
Which term refers to the storage and retrieval of material available to the conscious mind?
'Declarative' memory
What term is used for information guiding ongoing behavior?
'Transient' memory
'Amnesia' can result in a mix of which two types of memory loss?
'Retrograde' and 'anterograde' amnesia
What specific brain region was removed during H.M.'s operation in 1953?
Anterior 2/3 of the hippocampus
What did careful analysis reveal about the hippocampus of the amnesic patient lost his memory during heart bypass surgery?
There were specific lesions within each hippocampus
Which type of memory is retained in patients with hippocampal lesions who have impaired encoding of declarative memory?
Procedural memory
What aspect of memory is impaired in patients with hippocampal lesions?
Declarative memory
What remained intact in the amnesic patients despite impaired encoding of declarative memory?
Procedural memory
In which disease are declarative memory encoding, storage, and retrieval impaired?
Alzheimer's Disease
What aspect of memory is intact in patients with hippocampal lesions?
Procedural memory
Where is Short-Term Memory located?
In the prefrontal cortex
Which type of memory activation is characterized by transient and easily lost memory?
Activation-based
What is the primary location of Semantic Memory?
Neocortex
Which type of memory has very high capacity and involves changes in synapses?
Weight-based Memory
What contributes to the extra holding power of neurons firing in Short-Term Memory?
Contribution from the prefrontal cortex
Where is Long-Term Memory primarily located?
Relevant brain areas encoding specific information
What is the main concept of memory storage according to X.Liu PSYC 5130?
Encoded as patterns in the brain
What happens when neurons continue to fire action potentials according to X.Liu PSYC 5130?
Maintenance of what was just seen or thought
Which brain region represents schemas in memory storage according to X.Liu PSYC 5130?
mPFC
How are different memories stored in the brain according to X.Liu PSYC 5130?
In distinct neural patterns
According to X.Liu PSYC 5130, what represents episodes in memory storage?
Hippocampus
What encodes long-term memories that last even after neural firing stops according to X.Liu PSYC 5130?
Synaptic changes through LTP
What is the main function of the hippocampus in memory retrieval?
Recalling old memories through pattern completion
What is the significance of pattern separation in memory processing?
Encodes new patterns in CA3
In the context of complementary learning systems, what defines semantic memory?
Pattern separation for new stimuli
How does the human memory resemble a computer in terms of addressability?
Content addressable
What is the impact of slow learning rates on event probabilities?
Facilitates accurate estimates across discrete events
Which learning process in memory retrieval results in reactivating old memories?
Pattern completion
What distinguishes slow learning integration from rapid learning integration?
Trade-off between accuracy and speed
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