Exam 9: Memory,attention,emotion,and Executive Functioning

The ventromedial nucleus of the thalamus is most often implicated in memory disorders.

H.M.'s abilities on a pursuit rotor learning task is an excellent example of implicit memory.

Semantic memory refers to memory for:

Automatic processing requires the highest degree of conscious intention.

The phonological loop of working memory is responsible for supervising and coordinating working memory.

Which of the following is (are)true?

Secondary emotions require ____ processing and are orchestrated by ____ regions.

There appear to be two pathways for information to be transmitted to the amygdale.They are the ____ and ____.

Episodic memory refers to memory for information and facts with specific temporal lags.

Executive and frontal functions are synonymous.

"Pseudopsychopathic" or "acquired sociopathy" is associated with damage to the ____________________ circuit.

Primary emotions refer to automatic states arising from the ____________________ system.

Posed facial expressions are to ____ as spontaneous expressions are to ____.

The understanding of amnesia has benefited greatly from the types of memory deficits reminiscent of a psychiatric fugue state-like amnesia.

Short-term verbal memory relies on ____ encoding while long term verbal memory involves ____ encoding.

Lesions of the temporoparietal junction or superior temporal lobe impair the ability to disengage and ____ attention.

The thalamus is thought to be involved in temporal binding because of function as a sensory relay station of the brain and its synchronized cortical processes.

Somatic markers refer to cognitive signals that support choices or decision making.

Executive functions do not emerge until adulthood.

"Artificial grammar" is believed to be support by the brain's ____________________.