Exam 9: Memory

Consolidation is the process in which short-term memory transitions into:

A lab animal that lives its life in a cage and receives very little stimulation will show a lack of:

The hippocampus contains ____ distinct regions of neurons.

Brain activity differences between true and false memories are most easily observed at the time of memory:

Associative memories for "Thanksgiving" may be:

Episodic memories can be either vague and without context (called familiarity), or richly detailed, called:

Neurogenesis occurs in the:

The small protrusions from dendrites are referred to as:

Spontaneous confabulation can occur when an individual has lesions on the:

Confabulation is a term for a particular type of amnesia.

Why might individuals who confabulate do so?

NMDA-R is necessary to memory, but only:

After a long-term memory has been recalled, the memory must be:

A lesion on the medial prefrontal cortex would most likely result in the inability to distinguish between:

Reconsolidation occurs after a long-term memory has been:

The NMDA receptor present in many postsynaptic membranes is normally blocked by magnesium ions. When the postsynaptic neuron is repeatedly stimulated and depolarized, _____ ions can pass into the neuron, resulting in structural changes to the neuron.

This is the term for when an individual attributes an idea or recollection to the wrong source:

The Morris water maze and the radial arm maze are both use to run experiments on which type of memory?

This is the term for when an individual's recollection of the past is affected by their current knowledge and beliefs:

In the declarative theory, the hippocampus is important for all consciously recalled forms of memory, but only: