Exam 14: How Do We Learn and Remember 

Brain imaging research has shown that activity in the _____ is reduced in individuals with dyslexia.

Episodic autobiographical amnesias are thought to be linked to damage in the:

According to Hornickel and colleagues (2012), _____ enhanced reading skills and phonological awareness among individuals with dyslexia.

If a researcher injects epidermal growth factor into the ventricle of a live animal, it is likely to produce:

What memory systems and brain regions are affected in Alzheimer disease?

_____ is the interaction of different plastic changes in the brain throughout one's lifetime.

When a person is stressed, the prolonged exposure to the hormones called glucocorticoids likely:

A researcher is discussing experiments she has conducted to further understand spatial memory. She mentions that she trains monkeys to perform visual recognition and object position tasks. How are the monkeys likely to perform on these tasks? Which brain structures are critical for performing these tasks?

_____ cells, in the _____, fire in many locations in the environment, helping to establish a spatial coordinate system.

Explicit memory is to implicit memory as:

Fear conditioning involves neural circuits in the:

Gerard's medial temporal lobe was removed in an effort to reduce the occurrence of his seizures. What memory deficits is Gerard likely to experience following his neurosurgery?

_____ is probably the most common learning disability.

Instrumental conditioning circuits are found:

During LTP, _____ enters postsynaptic NMDA receptors to begin a chain of events that leads to an increase in the number of postsynaptic AMPA receptors.

Alzheimer disease:

The notion that memory storage might involve changes in the structure of synapses was first put forward by:

Reconsolidation is:

Eyeblink conditioning is an example of:

Which of the following is NOT an example of implicit memory?