Exam 12: Learning and Memory

If you had a problem with declarative memory, you would not be able to learn to solve the Tower of Hanoi problem.

______, first found in the rodent hippocampus, have been shown to increase their firing rates when an individual is in a specific ______ in an environment.

How far back in a person's lifetime the retrograde extends depends on ______.

Discuss the research evidence of where in the cortex memories are stored.

What type of effect on memory occurs when dopamine levels are increased in the nervous system?

Damage to the striatum in rats disrupts ______.

Describe the three main ways in which memories can change.

PET scanning for amyloid predicts about ______ of individuals with mild cognitive impairment who are diagnosed with Alzheimer's within the next few months.

The RAM on a computer serves to hold information temporarily while it is being use, but the information itself is stored elsewhere on the computer. In this way, RAM is very similar to what type of memory?

Discuss the hereditary and environmental factors that are implicated in the development of Alzheimer's disease.

Which of the following environmental factors has not been shown to reduce age-related changes in the brain?

Near which of the following brain areas is memory for language stored?

All of the following are environmental risks when it comes to epigenetic changes linked to Alzheimer's EXCEPT ______.

One study found that the ______ of one of the genes located in the dentate gyrus is implicated in memory impairment.

Which of the following is not one of the reasons why the brain removes some of the synapses after a while?

How does LTP occur between neurons? What are the synaptic and dendritic changes that occur during LTP?

Classical conditioning usually involves pairing a stimulus with a response, such as a bell paired with food in the mouth inducing salivation. If the bell is later rung but no food is put in the mouth, salivation will eventually not be elicited by the bell. This loss of conditioning is called ______.

Increasing the levels of the protein, KIBRA, ______ the effects of acetylated tau. This process ______ connections for learning.

Hippocampus is to brain as ______.

Confabulation occurs due to damage to a specific area in the temporal lobe.