Exam 12: Learning and Memory

 Long-term potentiation (LTP) can be demonstrated outside the hippocampus at synapses involving neurotransmitters other than glutamate.

 It is _____ memory that contains our knowledge of how to do specific activities involving motor skills.

 LTD in Purkinje cells is marked by influx of

 Operant conditioning in simple animals like Aplysia

 In studies of classical conditioning in Aplysia, which of the following usually serves as the unconditioned stimulus?

 As healthy people age, most measures of cognitive functions, including learning and memory

 The central executive role in working memory most likely involves the

 Rats with hippocampal damage will differ in which of the following ways from rats with intact hippocampi?

 A stage in learning that is characterized by an increase in calcium levels culminating in the insertion of more AMPA receptors into the membrane is known as

 Neural recordings by Ojemann and his colleagues showed that

 The neurotransmitter _____ is released at axo-axonic synapses in Aplysia by neurons involved in sensitization.

 Patients with anterograde amnesia show deficits in

 Studies have shown that the type of receptors responsible for LTP in the hippocampus is the ______ receptors.

 The components of ______ memory include the central executive, phonological loop, visuospatial scratchpad, and episodic buffer.

 LTP is similar to long-term memory in which of the following ways?

 Although you may notice your air conditioner turning on, you no longer "hear" it running after a few minutes. Which of the following processes probably accounts for this change?

 Changes in the magnitude of a response to environmental stimuli is typical in

 Purkinje cells in the cerebellum receive direct input from

 A contemporary model of the role of the hippocampus in memory is known as the

 Classical conditioning is an example of