Exam 24: Introduction to Memory

Damage to the ________ would most likely interfere with a person's memory of how to play the piano.

Semantic memory is best described as ________ memory of ________.

Memories of newly learned ________ are most likely to be disrupted by damage to the right hippocampus.Memories of newly learned ________ are most likely to be disrupted by damage to the left hippocampus.

The availability of glucose energy necessary for memory consolidation is most likely to be enhanced by

Reading a romantic novel caused Consuela to recall some past experiences with a high school boyfriend.The effect of the novel on Consuela's memory retrieval is an illustration of

We lack conscious awareness of many procedural memories in part because of limited neural communication from the

Information learned while a person is ________ is best recalled when that person is ________.

The basal ganglia would be of most importance in forming implicit memories of

After recovering from a stroke,Farina was able to learn how to hit a tennis ball.She is unable,however,to learn and remember the name of the rehabilitation therapist who has been working with her each day to develop her tennis swing.Farina is most likely to have suffered damage to her

The hippocampus helps process ________ memories for long-term storage.

Detail how emotions impact memory.Provide some real-life examples.

Passing an electric current through the brain during electroconvulsive therapy is most likely to disrupt

The smell of freshly baked bread awakened in Mr.Hutz vivid memories of his early childhood.The aroma apparently acted as a powerful

Shortly after you see a missing-child poster you are more likely to interpret an ambiguous adult-child interaction as a possible kidnapping.This best illustrates the impact of

Consciously recalling an event that you experienced during your last year of high school best illustrates

Stress hormones provoke the ________ to initiate a memory trace that boosts activity in the brain's memory-forming areas.

Memory consolidation is the process in which memories initially registered in the ________ are transferred for long-term storage in other regions of the brain.

Researchers have found that rabbits fail to learn a conditioned eyeblink response when the function of different pathways in their ________ is surgically disrupted.

Rehearsal is to encoding as retrieval cues are to

Which of the following lines of evidence does NOT confirm that LTP is a physical basis for memory?