Deck 10: Neural Bases of Memory

Question 1

Anterograde amnesia is a loss of memory for events that occurred prior to the onset of amnesia.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Which glutamate receptor is critical for long-term memory formation?

Answer 2

NMDA

Question 3

Describe the differences between episodic and semantic memory.

Answer 3

not answered

Question 4

Describe how the Morris water maze experiment demonstrated the necessity of the NMDA receptor for spatial long-term memory.

Question 5

Contrast the standard model's view of long-term memory consolidation with that of the multiple trace theory.

Question 6

What evidence has been provided that the hippocampus proper may not be as critical to the formation of new long-term memories as originally thought?

Question 7

The "complementary learning systems" model is most consistent with which primary function of the hippocampus?

A)Fast-encoding
B)Slow-encoding
C)Episodic memory for sequences
D)Episodic memory for navigation

Question 8

Describe the fast-encoding theory of hippocampal function. What evidence is there in favor of this theory?

Question 9

Describe the episodic memory for sequences theory of hippocampal function. What evidence is there for this theory?

Question 10

The fact that knowledge about the world that can be consciously accessed without accompanying information of where and when this memory was acquired is an example of:

A)Episodic, nondeclarative memory
B)Episodic, declarative memory
C)Semantic, nondeclarative memory
D)Semantic, declarative memory

Question 11

What is the standard model of MTL function? What are some challenges to this model?

Question 12

Anterograde amnesia spares what type of memory?

A)Declarative
B)Nondeclarative
C)Explicit

Question 13

Which region is not part of the hippocampus proper?

A)Dentate gyrus
B)CA3
C)Entorhinal cortex

Question 14

Define Hebbian plasticity

Question 15

Damage to which regions of the medial temporal lobe memory system have been associated with perceptual deficits? (Check all that apply)

A)Perirhinal cortex
B)Entorhinal cortex
C)Parahippocampal cortex
D)Parahippocampal gyrus

Question 16

According to the standard model of the hippocampus, what is its primary function?

Question 17

What two events must co-occur for an NMDA receptor to allow Ca²⁺ ions into a neuron?

Question 18

Label each of the areas in the hippocampal circuitry: dentate gyrus; CA1; CA3. [With Figure 10.2A]

Question 19

Phase precession has provided critical evidence in favor of what theory of hippocampal function.

A)Fast-encoding
B)Multiple trace theory
C)Episodic memory for sequences
D)Relational binding

Question 20

The phenomenon of reconsolidation is demonstrated when:

A)A memory becomes less vulnerable to disruption with the passage of time
B)A memory can be encoded more strongly when it is retrieved and re-encoded
C)A memory becomes vulnerable to disruption when it is being retrieved
D)Information that couldn't be encoded into long-term memory due to anterograde amnesia can later be re-encoded

Question 21

Describe phase precession of hippocampal place cells