Exam 2: Memory and the Brain

This part of the brain produces dopamine.With Parkinson's disease, this area does not produce enough.

Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) is another MRI technique.

A clinician observes a patient requesting pain alleviation from Parkinson's disease.The patient is experiencing extreme motor disorders and major depression.The clinician suggests the ______ device that requires implantation for medical reasons.

It is suggested that music may be good at eliciting a strong connection between it and memory.

If a researcher wished to observe the change in cognition relating to brain stimulation, a technique the researcher might use would involve a small magnetic pulse to create a small pulse of electricity.Which stimulation technique would the researcher use?

Unlike language, music is processed primarily on which hemisphere of the brain?

Which type of neuroimaging equipment can measure when the amygdala is active when evaluating emotional content?

The thalamus is an area of the brain heavily connected to other areas of the brain.It appears to serve as a routing center, however, this routing center must have connected relay points to human memory circuits.The routing centers are known as diencephalons.

Sudden and devastating injuries to the brain are called ______ brain injuries.

Which of the following drugs is prescribed to treat Alzheimer's disease?

Engram is the hypothetical physical unit of storage of a memory.

Describe the cortical areas of the brain associated with memory.

In a possible severe drug overdose, considering the synapse, damage to dendrites and terminal buttons of a neuron would cause severe problems.What would this damage affect the transmission of ?

List the six areas of the gross anatomy of the human brain.

In the case of Phineas Gage, research has been directed at how brain damage affects cognition and behavior.His accident set the stage for:

Describe the functional significance of the hippocampus.

A student has stayed up all night working on a project in hopes of finishing it before class begins.Soon the student begins experiencing headaches and is unable to concentrate due to the lack of sleep.What part of the brain is being most affected due to over exposure to the task?

These are a set of brain structures located just beneath the crebral cortex.They are important to memory and emotion.

The most anterior part of the cerebral cortex is called:

Parts of the thalamus are crucial in the transmission of information from our sensory organs.However, with respect to memory there are massive connections which must occur.This occurrence is known as ______, which is involved in memory as well.