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15 Cards in this Set
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H.M.
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patient
couldn't form new memories after losing medial temporal lobe |
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declarative memory
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everyday facts and events
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working memory
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short time form of declarative memory
requires focus |
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prefrontal cortex and memory
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maintains relevant info during working memory
combine sensory info executive functions |
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executive functions
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done by areas of prefrontal cortex
selection, rehersal, monitor retrieved LTM |
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semantic memory
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form of declarative memory
general facts and data |
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episodic memory
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personal experiences, place, time
involve medial temporal lobe for process and storage |
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nondeclarative memory
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how to do something
processing by basal ganglia and cerebellum amygdala for emotional parts |
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Aplysia californica
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sea slug
used to study biology behind memory |
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LTP
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long-term potentiation
increase in synaptic strength, long lasting in hippocampus, cerebral cortex involve NMDA receptors |
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cAMP molecule
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cyclic adenosine monophosphate
activated by calcium ions entering activates enzymes, makes synaptic receptors more sensitive activates CREB |
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CREB
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cAMP-response element binding protein
in nucleus, activates genes, protein synthesis makes neurotrophins, growth of synapse |
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Broca's aphasia
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damage to left frontal lobe
speech production is hurt able to comprehend speech |
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Wernicke's aphasia
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damage to left temporal lobe
speech comprehension hurt, get bits and pieces normal speech output |
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word deafness
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damage to superior temporal lobes (both hemispheres)
can't comprehend speech at any level functionally deaf for speech |
