Temporal Categories of Memory Quiz

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What is the primary problem for patients with lesions in the right inferior parietal lobe and adjacent regions?

Motor impairment

Visual cortex damage

Attentional deficit (correct)

Sensory deficit

Which area of the brain damage can lead to difficulty attending to the left side of visual space and/or the left side of objects?

Left temporal lobe

Left frontal brain

Right superior temporal lobe (correct)

Left inferior parietal lobe

What type of deficit do patients with lesions in the right superior temporal lobe experience?

Attentional deficit (correct)

Motor impairment

Visual deficit

Agnosia

What is the primary problem for patients with lesions in the visual cortex?

Sensory deficit Signup and view all the answers

What can help patients with right parietal lesions report being able to see objects in the left visual field?

Pointing out the object Signup and view all the answers

What is the underlying problem with lesions to the right parietal cortex?

Attentional deficit Signup and view all the answers

Which syndrome is associated with the constellation of signs and symptoms involving neglect of the left side of space and body?

Hemispatial neglect syndrome Signup and view all the answers

What is the possible reason why attentional deficits are often associated with right parietal lesions?

Influence on mechanisms of attention in both hemispheres Signup and view all the answers

Which area in non-human primates, when damaged, induces neglect of contralateral space?

Left parietal lobe Signup and view all the answers

What is the name of the test where patients are asked to mark the center of a horizontal line and tend to ignore the left side of the line due to neglect?

Single-line bisection test Signup and view all the answers

What is the ability of the brain to hold onto ongoing experience for a second or so?

Immediate memory Signup and view all the answers

Which temporal category refers to the ability to hold and manipulate information in the mind for seconds to minutes while it is being used to achieve a particular goal?

Short-term memory Signup and view all the answers

What is another term for short-term memory?

Working memory Signup and view all the answers

Which term describes the ability to hold and manipulate information in the mind for seconds to minutes while it is being used to achieve a particular goal?

Short-term memory Signup and view all the answers

What type of memory is the ability of the brain to hold onto ongoing experience for a second or so?

Immediate memory Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the stabilization of memories that follows the initial encoding of memory traces?

Consolidation Signup and view all the answers

Which temporal category entails retaining information in a more permanent form of storage for days, weeks, or even a lifetime?

Long-term memory Signup and view all the answers

What is sometimes considered to be a special category of attention that operates on internal representations rather than on sensory input as such?

Short-term memory Signup and view all the answers

What must be done if relevant information in short-term memory is to persist for a very long?

Rehearsed Signup and view all the answers

What does the normal digit memory span range between?

Seven to nine numbers Signup and view all the answers

Temporal Categories of Memory Quiz

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What is the primary problem for patients with lesions in the right inferior parietal lobe and adjacent regions?

Which area of the brain damage can lead to difficulty attending to the left side of visual space and/or the left side of objects?

What type of deficit do patients with lesions in the right superior temporal lobe experience?

What is the primary problem for patients with lesions in the visual cortex?

What can help patients with right parietal lesions report being able to see objects in the left visual field?

What is the underlying problem with lesions to the right parietal cortex?

Which syndrome is associated with the constellation of signs and symptoms involving neglect of the left side of space and body?

What is the possible reason why attentional deficits are often associated with right parietal lesions?

Which area in non-human primates, when damaged, induces neglect of contralateral space?

What is the name of the test where patients are asked to mark the center of a horizontal line and tend to ignore the left side of the line due to neglect?

What is the ability of the brain to hold onto ongoing experience for a second or so?

Which temporal category refers to the ability to hold and manipulate information in the mind for seconds to minutes while it is being used to achieve a particular goal?

What is another term for short-term memory?

Which term describes the ability to hold and manipulate information in the mind for seconds to minutes while it is being used to achieve a particular goal?

What type of memory is the ability of the brain to hold onto ongoing experience for a second or so?

What is the term for the stabilization of memories that follows the initial encoding of memory traces?

Which temporal category entails retaining information in a more permanent form of storage for days, weeks, or even a lifetime?

What is sometimes considered to be a special category of attention that operates on internal representations rather than on sensory input as such?

What must be done if relevant information in short-term memory is to persist for a very long?

What does the normal digit memory span range between?

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