Question 1

Patient H.M.is to the ________ as patients with Korsakoff's syndrome are to the ________.

Accepted Answer

A) medial temporal lobes / cerebellum 
B) cerebellum / diencephalon 
C) diencephalon / medial temporal lobes 
D) medial temporal lobes / diencephalon 
A) medial temporal lobes / cerebellum 
B) cerebellum / diencephalon 
C) diencephalon / medial temporal lobes 
D) medial temporal lobes / diencephalon

Question 2

Patients with damage to the medial temporal lobe and hippocampus typically do NOT have difficulty performing short-term memory tasks such as the digit span.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

_____________ refers to memory about the context (such as time or place)in which a fact was learned.

Accepted Answer

A) Implicit memory 
B) Semantic memory 
C) Nonassociative learning 
D) Source memory 
A) Implicit memory 
B) Semantic memory 
C) Nonassociative learning 
D) Source memory

Question 4

Classical conditioning is an example of a specific type of ________ memory.

Accepted Answer

A) priming 
B) semantic 
C) episodic 
D) nondeclarative 
A) priming 
B) semantic 
C) episodic 
D) nondeclarative

Question 5

________ refers to the processing of incoming information to be stored.

Accepted Answer

A) Retrieval 
B) Recall 
C) Encoding 
D) Explicit memory 
A) Retrieval 
B) Recall 
C) Encoding 
D) Explicit memory

Question 6

Which of the following is NOT an area of cortex in the medial temporal lobe that interacts with the hippocampus in the formation of new long-term memories?

Accepted Answer

A) Cingulate 
B) Entorhinal 
C) Parahippocampal 
D) Perirhinal 
A) Cingulate 
B) Entorhinal 
C) Parahippocampal 
D) Perirhinal

Question 7

Imagine that a new drug is discovered that acts by depleting the brain of free magnesium ions.How would this drug affect long-term potentiation (LTP)?

Accepted Answer

A) The amount of LTP would increase. 
B) The amount of LTP would decrease. 
C) The amount of LTP would not change. 
D) The amount of LTP would first decrease,then increase. 
A) The amount of LTP would increase. 
B) The amount of LTP would decrease. 
C) The amount of LTP would not change. 
D) The amount of LTP would first decrease,then increase.

Question 8

How are the cognitive (memory)deficits suffered both by Patient H.M.and by people with Korsakoff's syndrome similar?

Accepted Answer

A) Both suffer from severe retrograde amnesia but not anterograde amnesia. 
B) Both suffer from severe anterograde amnesia that is limited to declarative memory. 
C) Both suffer from severe working memory deficits. 
D) Both suffer from brain damage related to severe epilepsy. 
A) Both suffer from severe retrograde amnesia but not anterograde amnesia. 
B) Both suffer from severe anterograde amnesia that is limited to declarative memory. 
C) Both suffer from severe working memory deficits. 
D) Both suffer from brain damage related to severe epilepsy.

Question 9

Which of the following would be the MOST difficult for the famous Patient H.M.and other patients with medial temporal lobe removal?

Accepted Answer

A) Reading a string of numbers written on a piece of paper 
B) Remembering a series of seven numbers for 20 seconds 
C) Learning the words for numbers in a foreign language 
D) Improving in the ability to write numbers with the nondominant hand 
A) Reading a string of numbers written on a piece of paper 
B) Remembering a series of seven numbers for 20 seconds 
C) Learning the words for numbers in a foreign language 
D) Improving in the ability to write numbers with the nondominant hand

Question 10

________ is the improvement in processing a stimulus as the result of previously having been exposed to that stimulus.

Accepted Answer

A) Nonassociative learning 
B) Procedural learning 
C) Priming 
D) Conditioning 
A) Nonassociative learning 
B) Procedural learning 
C) Priming 
D) Conditioning

Question 11

One property of the central executive mechanism proposed by Baddeley and Hitch is that

Accepted Answer

A) it controls the phonological loop but not the visuospatial sketch pad. 
B) it is not modality specific. 
C) it operates primarily over visual information. 
D) it operates primarily over auditory information. 
A) it controls the phonological loop but not the visuospatial sketch pad. 
B) it is not modality specific. 
C) it operates primarily over visual information. 
D) it operates primarily over auditory information.

Question 12

________ does NOT affect behavior consciously and can be measured only indirectly.

Accepted Answer

A) Nondeclarative memory 
B) Declarative memory 
C) Episodic memory 
D) Explicit memory 
A) Nondeclarative memory 
B) Declarative memory 
C) Episodic memory 
D) Explicit memory

Question 13

Neuroimaging work has suggested that during the retrieval of a list of studied items,the hippocampus is most active

Accepted Answer

A) for items that are correctly recollected as old items. 
B) for items that are incorrectly recollected as old items. 
C) for items that are correctly rejected as new items. 
D) for items that are incorrectly rejected as new items. 
A) for items that are correctly recollected as old items. 
B) for items that are incorrectly recollected as old items. 
C) for items that are correctly rejected as new items. 
D) for items that are incorrectly rejected as new items.

Question 14

Which of the following best describes the flow of information in the Atkinson and Shiffrin (1968)modal model of memory?

Accepted Answer

A) Short-term storage  long-term storage   sensory memory 
B) Short-term storage  sensory memory   long-term storage 
C) Sensory memory   short-term   long-term storage 
D) Sensory memory   long-term storage  short-term storage 
A) Short-term storage  long-term storage   sensory memory 
B) Short-term storage  sensory memory   long-term storage 
C) Sensory memory   short-term   long-term storage 
D) Sensory memory   long-term storage  short-term storage

Question 15

Semantic memory is a kind of declarative memory that concerns events we recall from our own lives.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Which of the following statements is true of the kind of amnesia demonstrated by people with bilateral hippocampal damage (like Patients H.M.and R.B. )or people with diencephalon injury (like people with Korsakoff's syndrome)?

Accepted Answer

A) They forget their dates of birth. 
B) They can still learn new skills such as the serial reaction time task after the injury. 
C) They remember meeting new people after the injury. 
D) They have good memory for learning facts after the injury but fail to show priming effects. 
A) They forget their dates of birth. 
B) They can still learn new skills such as the serial reaction time task after the injury. 
C) They remember meeting new people after the injury. 
D) They have good memory for learning facts after the injury but fail to show priming effects.

Question 17

Describe the phenomenon of long-term potentiation (LTP).How does blocking LTP affect memory?

Accepted Answer

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Question 18

The term ________ refers to a limited-capacity store that not only retains information over the short term (maintenance)but also permits the performance of mental operations with the contents of this store (manipulation).

Accepted Answer

A) working memory 
B) short-term memory 
C) sensory memory 
D) long-term memory 
A) working memory 
B) short-term memory 
C) sensory memory 
D) long-term memory

Question 19

What is the difference between anterograde amnesia and retrograde amnesia? Give examples of the kinds of memories that would (and would not)be impaired with each condition.

Accepted Answer

Anterograde amnesia is the inability to

Question 20

People with amnesia often show preserved implicit learning and nondeclarative memory.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Patient H.M.is to the as patients with Korsakoff's syndrome are to the .

Patients with damage to the medial temporal lobe and hippocampus typically do NOT have difficulty performing short-term memory tasks such as the digit span.

_____________ refers to memory about the context (such as time or place)in which a fact was learned.

Classical conditioning is an example of a specific type of ________ memory.

________ refers to the processing of incoming information to be stored.

Which of the following is NOT an area of cortex in the medial temporal lobe that interacts with the hippocampus in the formation of new long-term memories?

Imagine that a new drug is discovered that acts by depleting the brain of free magnesium ions.How would this drug affect long-term potentiation (LTP)?

How are the cognitive (memory)deficits suffered both by Patient H.M.and by people with Korsakoff's syndrome similar?

Which of the following would be the MOST difficult for the famous Patient H.M.and other patients with medial temporal lobe removal?

________ is the improvement in processing a stimulus as the result of previously having been exposed to that stimulus.

One property of the central executive mechanism proposed by Baddeley and Hitch is that

________ does NOT affect behavior consciously and can be measured only indirectly.

Neuroimaging work has suggested that during the retrieval of a list of studied items,the hippocampus is most active

Which of the following best describes the flow of information in the Atkinson and Shiffrin (1968)modal model of memory?

Semantic memory is a kind of declarative memory that concerns events we recall from our own lives.

Which of the following statements is true of the kind of amnesia demonstrated by people with bilateral hippocampal damage (like Patients H.M.and R.B. )or people with diencephalon injury (like people with Korsakoff's syndrome)?

Describe the phenomenon of long-term potentiation (LTP).How does blocking LTP affect memory?

The term ________ refers to a limited-capacity store that not only retains information over the short term (maintenance)but also permits the performance of mental operations with the contents of this store (manipulation).

What is the difference between anterograde amnesia and retrograde amnesia? Give examples of the kinds of memories that would (and would not)be impaired with each condition.

People with amnesia often show preserved implicit learning and nondeclarative memory.

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Patient H.M.is to the ________ as patients with Korsakoff's syndrome are to the ________.

Patients with damage to the medial temporal lobe and hippocampus typically do NOT have difficulty performing short-term memory tasks such as the digit span.

_____________ refers to memory about the context (such as time or place)in which a fact was learned.

Classical conditioning is an example of a specific type of ________ memory.

________ refers to the processing of incoming information to be stored.

Which of the following is NOT an area of cortex in the medial temporal lobe that interacts with the hippocampus in the formation of new long-term memories?

Imagine that a new drug is discovered that acts by depleting the brain of free magnesium ions.How would this drug affect long-term potentiation (LTP)?

How are the cognitive (memory)deficits suffered both by Patient H.M.and by people with Korsakoff's syndrome similar?

Which of the following would be the MOST difficult for the famous Patient H.M.and other patients with medial temporal lobe removal?

________ is the improvement in processing a stimulus as the result of previously having been exposed to that stimulus.

One property of the central executive mechanism proposed by Baddeley and Hitch is that

________ does NOT affect behavior consciously and can be measured only indirectly.

Neuroimaging work has suggested that during the retrieval of a list of studied items,the hippocampus is most active

Which of the following best describes the flow of information in the Atkinson and Shiffrin (1968)modal model of memory?

Semantic memory is a kind of declarative memory that concerns events we recall from our own lives.

Which of the following statements is true of the kind of amnesia demonstrated by people with bilateral hippocampal damage (like Patients H.M.and R.B. )or people with diencephalon injury (like people with Korsakoff's syndrome)?

Describe the phenomenon of long-term potentiation (LTP).How does blocking LTP affect memory?

The term ________ refers to a limited-capacity store that not only retains information over the short term (maintenance)but also permits the performance of mental operations with the contents of this store (manipulation).

What is the difference between anterograde amnesia and retrograde amnesia? Give examples of the kinds of memories that would (and would not)be impaired with each condition.

People with amnesia often show preserved implicit learning and nondeclarative memory.

A Brief History of Cognitive Neuroscience

Cellular Mechanisms and Cognition

Neuroanatomy and Development

Methods of Cognitive Neuroscience

Sensation and Perception

Object Recognition

The Control of Action

Emotion

Language

Hemispheric Specialization

Attention and Consciousness

Cognitive Control

Social Cognition

Evolutionary Perspectives

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Patient H.M.is to the as patients with Korsakoff's syndrome are to the .