Exam 9: Memory

The medial prefrontal cortex, used for reasoning and planning ahead, is also used when determining:

The timing of events is critical for learning and memory.

Retrograde amnesia affects:

Semantic memories are:

Hebbian systems display the characteristic of:

After long-term potentiation (LTP), there must follow ________, which weakens the strength between two neurons.

Repeating a series of words or numbers over and over in your head in order to remember them requires:

Experiments on spatial memory show that bilateral lesions to the _____ impair the ability to navigate in an environment.

In the Morris water maze task, rats are attempting to find the hidden platform using:

An example of a declarative episode is:

Which component of memory falls under both long-term and working memory?

The term for the growth and distribution of new neurons is called:

What is one limitation of a neural network?

How do human brains and computers learn and store memories differently?

The constructive episodic simulation hypothesis states that episodic memory is not always accurate because this flexibility allows humans to imagine future events instead of purely recalling past events.

Blocking protein synthesis can prevent _______ of memories.

Anterograde amnesia affects:

All memories systems are concentrated in one area of the brain.

This is the term for particular types of learning triggered to occur at certain times:

Which species grows new neurons daily?