Exam 12: Learning, Memory, and Decision Making

________ is an example of the rapid encoding of flexible associations.

Reductions in cortisol combined with a heightened autonomic response might be observed in someone suffering from ________.

________ of memories allows for the upgrading of memory stores each time they are retrieved.

________ spent his entire career searching for the memory engram.

The facilitation of synaptic transmission underlying the behavioral sensitization of gill retraction in Aplysia is due to the changes in the enzymatic activity of __________.

_____________ refers to the failure to attend to a detail that could be relevant while selectively focusing attention on another task.

Alcoholic patients suffering from the memory disorder known as ________ may show confabulation.

Patients with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have unusually high cortisol levels.

What brain region encodes the probability of positive outcomes?

The rapid encoding of flexible associations is critically dependent on the ________.

Highly superior autobiographical memory (HSAM) is often associated with ________.

______ is a brain change associated with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Why is it unlikely that the grandmother cell hypothesis is true?

Our ability to learn complex tasks, such as driving, to achieve everyday goals is dependent on ______________.

___________ observed and described long-term potentiation (LTP) in the hippocampus for the first time.

Transgenic mice with extra copies of the NR2B gene ___________ their normal counterparts in object recognition tasks.

___________ of active regions in the brain is one likely mechanism for learning-dependent structural plasticity.

The theory that multiple brain areas contribute equally to a particular task or function is referred to as ________________.

A reinforcer increases the likelihood of a recurring response.

In the Aplysia, the habituation of the gill withdrawal response is associated with ___________.