Exam 6: Section 2: Memory

Studies using fMRI have revealed that the second time an object is viewed there is _____ activity in the visual cortex, suggesting that priming makes perception of the object _____.

While Carla is out with friends one night she is hit by a speeding car. Carla is in a coma for three weeks. When she finally wakes up, she has trouble not only remembering what she was doing the night of the accident but also the names of her family and friends, her address, and where she goes to school. She can, however, form new memories. Carla is suffering from:

When attention is divided, what happens in the brain?

In the absence of rehearsal, research has shown that information can be held in the short-term memory store for _____ seconds or less.

Which statement regarding the effectiveness of studying the same material twice versus studying once and quizzing yourself once to enhance recall on a memory test is true?

The enhanced ability to think about a word or object due to a recent exposure to that same word or object is called:

A man and his son were watching Jeopardy on TV. The man correctly answered the questions in the category "World War II," and his son was impressed. The son then told his father that he remembered watching a program on World War II once at a friend's house. The man was using _____ memory while the son was using _____ memory.

Semantic encoding is related to an increase of activity in which brain regions?

You are volunteering at a psychiatric ward for the summer. On your first day, a man comes up to you and says you have very pretty eyes and asks your name. You thank him and give him your name. For the next four days, the same man approaches you, says you have pretty eyes, and asks for your name. After a week, you ask a doctor on the ward about this man, and the doctor tells you that the man suffers from:

Memories are MOST fragile:

Short-term memory is limited in how long it can hold information and in the _____ information it can hold.

Memory for cognitive and motor skills (e.g., how to study or how to drive a car) that you clearly know even if you cannot describe them is known as _____ memory.

Wilhelm and colleagues (2011) had participants memorize a list of word pairs and subsequently recall them after equivalent periods of either sleep or wakefulness. Immediately after the initial memorization, half of the participants in both groups were told that they would be tested on these word pairs later. Which statement accurately summarizes the major finding of this study?

The inability to transfer new information from short-term to long-term memory is defined as:

The _____ is highly involved in the formation of flashbulb memories.

The distorting influence of present knowledge, beliefs, and feelings on the recall of previous experiences is called:

The case of HM is a documented case of a patient who could not form new long-term memories due to the removal of his _____ and parts of his temporal lobe.

Because they have a(n) _____ component, _____ memories usually are well recalled.

While stopping at the store to pick up some snacks, you run into Ben, an old friend you haven't seen in a while. You and Ben talk, catching up on things. Then Ben says, "I remember the time we went to the World Series game." He continues to tell you about the game. What type of memory is Ben using to tell the story of the game?

When rats are given drugs that block long-term potentiation (LTP) they: