Exam 24: Storage- Retaining Information in the Brain

Which area of the brain is most important in the processing of implicit memories?

Damage to the ________ would most likely interfere with learning a conditioned fear response to the sight of a dog who had bitten you on several occasions.

A lack of conscious memories of your first three years of life best illustrates

Elevated levels of stress hormones most clearly contribute to developing

Kandel and Schwartz have found that when learning occurs, more of the neurotransmitter ________ is released into synapses.

Long-term potentiation is believed to be

The basal ganglia facilitate the processing of

Which of the following is central to the processing of procedural memories?

After watching a happy film, patients' happy emotion persisted even though they could not consciously recall the film. These patients had suffered damage to the

Which part of the brain plays a key role in forming and storing the implicit memories created by classical conditioning?

Which neural center in the limbic system helps process explicit memories for storage?

The neurotransmitter glutamate ________ LTP and the protein CREB ________ LTP.

Karl Lashley trained rats to solve a maze and then removed pieces of their cortexes. He observed that storage of their maze memories

Long-term potentiation refers to

Rabbits fail to learn a conditioned eyeblink response when the function of different pathways in their ________ is surgically disrupted.

Many people can easily recall exactly what they were doing when they first learned of the death of a close friend or family member. This best illustrates ________ memory.

Retention of skills and classically conditioned associations without conscious recollection is known as ________ memory.

Joshua vividly recalls his feelings and what he was doing at the exact moment when he heard of his grandfather's unexpected death. This best illustrates ________ memory.

Stress hormones promote stronger memories by

Research by Kandel and Schwartz on sea slugs indicates that memory formation is associated with the