Exam 24: A: Storage A: Retaining Information in the Brain

We long remember exciting or shocking events due to activation of the limbic system's

Following partial recovery from a severe stroke, Mr. Yanagita has learned how to ride a horse. However, he cannot consciously remember that he has learned to do this. It is likely that he has suffered damage to his

The rear area of the ________, which processes spatial memory, grows bigger the longer a London cab driver has been navigating the maze of city streets.

A baseball strikes Ashley in the head and she is momentarily knocked unconscious. The physical injury, though not serious, is most likely to interfere with Ashley's ________ memory.

Recalling a visual scene of last month's party and holding it in working memory would be most likely to activate the

Individuals who received ________ for 10 days following a traumatic experience subsequently showed fewer signs of a stress disorder.

When learning occurs through classical conditioning, the sea slug, Aplysia, releases more ________ at certain synapses.

The deep brain structure(s) involved in motor movement and the formation of our procedural memories for skills is(are) the

Blocking CREB-producing neurons in the ________ of mice has been found to permanently erase an auditory fear memory.

Nonspeaking children have not learned the words that we use to index much of our explicit memory. This most clearly helps to explain the occurrence of

Memories initially processed in the hippocampus are transferred to ________ for long-term storage.

The temporary release of serotonin has been found to ________ memory formation, and the temporary release of stress hormones has been found to ________ memory formation.

Long-term potentiation refers to

The hippocampus and brain cortex display simultaneous activity rhythms during sleep. This supports the process of

Damage to the ________ would most likely interfere with a person's ability to form new memories of a family vacation trip.

The human capacity for storing long-term memories is

Exceptionally clear memories of emotionally significant events are called

Infantile amnesia involves a lack of

Explicit memory is to ________ as implicit memory is to ________.

A year and a half after directly experiencing a San Francisco earthquake, people had very accurate recall of where they had been and what they were doing at the time of the earthquake. Their recall best illustrates ________ memory.