Memory X.Liu PSYC 5130 Quiz

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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. (A)</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 (B)</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 (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What term is used for information guiding ongoing behavior?

<p>'Transient' memory (B)</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 (B)</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 (B)</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 (B)</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 (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Where is Short-Term Memory located?

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

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

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

What is the primary location of Semantic Memory?

<p>Neocortex (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

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

Where is Long-Term Memory primarily located?

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

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

<p>mPFC (B)</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 (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>Hippocampus (A)</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 (B)</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 (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the significance of pattern separation in memory processing?

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

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

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

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

<p>Content addressable (A)</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 (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

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

What distinguishes slow learning integration from rapid learning integration?

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

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