Exam 17: The Hippocampus Index and Episodic Memory

The activation of the entire memory by a subset of the original experience is called pattern completion.

Pattern completion supported by the hippocampus is only possible because of the return loop in the organization of the neural systems.

What is the relationship between the hippocampus, learning goals, episodic memory system, automatic capture, and incidental information?

Identify two problems that make storing memories in the neocortex unfavorable?

Wiltgen's laboratory used a genetically engineered mouse that would express _______ when doxycycline was removed from their diet.

The hippocampus stores the content of experiences.

A false context fear memory was created by using optogenetic stimulation to activate indexing neurons to a previously experienced context at the time of the shock.

Our episodic memory system can only be accessed if we intentionally initiate a search.

Where in the neural circuit does the second level of integration take place?

Information flows to the highest level of integration and then loops back to the _______ areas.

Information from the perirhinal and parahippocampal cortices is projected to the entorhinal cortex.

The feeling of remembering a retrieved memory trace depends on _______ information.

In the context preexposure experiment animals spent more time freezing in the context where they were preexposed than they did in context where they were shocked.

Wiltgen's laboratory used a neuronal silencer called _______ to inhibit indexing neurons.

The information that is processed through the hippocampus is then projected to _______. (Select all that apply.)

According to indexing theory, _______. (Select all that apply.)

Which statement(s) is/are false according to indexing theory? (Select all that apply.)

A false context fear memory was created by using optogenetic stimulation to activate indexing neurons at the time of retrieval.

Provide examples of how episodes with overlapping information are somehow protected from interference by the episodic memory system.

Conscious recollection requires intentional initiation of a search to access our episodic memory system.