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1What is true of Long-term potentiation?
- AMaintains info beyond Working memory
- BHands memories over from hippocampus to neocortex
- CTime and place-stamps information
- DHands memories over from neocortex to the hippocampus
- EHippocampus in medial temporal lobe contains cells which use LTP
- FOccurs in a matter of minutes
- GTakes weeks/months/years
- HIntegrates new learning with past memories
2What is essential for LTP?
- ASleep
- BACh
- CExercise
- DConsolidation
3How does LTP allow for very precise coding?
- AIntegrates new learning with past memories
- BTakes electrophysiological 'snapshots'
- CProvides a buffer for WM
- DCaters for the capture of continuous perceptual inputs
4[blank_start]Working memory[blank_end]= dynamic reverbration in neural networks
[blank_start]Enduring memory[blank_end]= outcome of 'capturing' that activity via synaptic change in neural networks- AWorking memory
- BEnduring memory
5What is Working Memory?
- AA type of primary/immediate memory
- BTemporary memory storage
- CLong-term memory storage
- DUsed to hold and manipulate info in your mind
- ENon-conscious
- FThe "springboard" to enduring forms of memory
6What is true of WM?
- AShelf-life of only a few seconds
- BEasily disrupted if you get distracted
- CContents will disappear if not maintained
- DIs a form of enduring memory
7WM is usually [blank_start]intact[blank_end] in amnesia
- Aintact
- Bimpaired
8WM can mimic:
- AAmnesia
- BDementia
- CAnomia
9Everything you remember goes through Working Memory
- ATrue
- BFalse
10What are the 3 components of Baddeley's WM model?
- APhonological loop
- BVisuospatial sketchpad
- CCentral executive
- DSemantic memory
- EEpisodic memory
11Match the components of Baddely's WM model to their role:
[blank_start]Visuospatial sketchpad[blank_end] = grasping visual properties and holding them in mind
[blank_start]Phonological loop[blank_end]= sound-based repetition
[blank_start]Central executive[blank_end]= allocates resources to phonological loop and visuospatial sketchpad- ACentral executive
- BExecutive function
- CPhonological loop
- DAuditory short-term memory
- EVisuospatial sketchpad
- FVisual short-term memory
12Working Memory occurs in:
- AAll brain networks
- BThe limbic system
- CThe frontal lobe
- DThe cerebellum
13What are the 2 components of remembering?
- ALearning
- BRetrieval
- CWorking memory
- DEnduring memory
14What 2 processes are required for learning?
- AEncoding
- BConsolidation
- CRetrieval
- DWorking memory
15How is encoding facilitated?
- ACraik & Lockhart's Levels of Processing
- BElaboration
- CLaying down memory traces
- DRetrieval
- ERecognition
- FRecall
16What does consolidation do?
- ATake new info beyond WM
- BLays down the memory trace
- CFacilitate encoding
- DFacilitate levels of processing
17Encoding and consolidation are mutually exclusive
- ATrue
- BFalse
18Who came up with Levels of Processing?
- ACraik & Lockhart, 1972
- BBaddeley & Hitch, 1974
- CBatchelor & Walker, 1996
19What are the main types of enduring memory?
- AEpisodic memory
- BSemantic memory
- CEncoding
- DConsolidation
- ERetrieval
20[blank_start]Episodic[blank_end] memory= personally relevant memories
[blank_start]Semantic[blank_end] memory= general knowledge, not tied to context- AEpisodic
- BSemantic
21Amnesia is mostly a disorder of which type of memory?
- AProcedural
- BWorking
- CEpisodic
- DSemantic
22What is dissociative fugue?
- AThe Hollywood, Jason Bourne-version of amnesia
- BLoss of personal knowledge
- CLoss of episodic knowledge
- DWorking memory impairment
23What is true of Episodic memory?
- AMemory about facts
- BOften autobiographical
- CIncludes first person accounts of news events
- DHas no context
- EIs tied to context
24How did Tulving describe episodic memory?
- A"Like mental time travel"
- B"Like episodes of your life"
- C"Like an unwritten autobiography"
25What is true of semantic memory?
- AMemory about events
- BCan be general
- CCan be personal
- DTied to context
- EHas no context
26What are examples of general semantic memory?
- AVocabulary
- BObject recognition
- CMaths
- DYour address
- EYour favourite foods
27Semantic memory is the [blank_start]abstracted[blank_end] form of things that have come through [blank_start]episodic[blank_end] memory
- Aabstracted
- Brefined
- Cdiluted
- Depisodic
- Eworking
- Fprocedural
28In semantic memory, context:
- AHas been lost
- BWas never encoded
- CIs tied to memories
29What is true of Declarative memory?
- AIncludes episodic memory
- BIncludes semantic memory
- CNon-conscious
- DCan be "declared"
- EMore to do with skills
30What is true of Procedural memory?
- AAka nondeclarative memory
- BMore to do with skills
- CConsciously available
- DImpaired in many kinds of amnesia
- ERetrieval usually comes non-consciously via doing the skill
- FProcessed by neocortex
31What is true of Anterograde Amnesia?
- AForgetting what just happened
- BForgetting old/remote experiences
- CAnterograde to the injury
- DProblem with consolidation to enduring memory
- EProblem with Working Memory
- FHas a temporal gradient
32What is true of Retrograde amnesia?
- AUnable to remember things you used to be able to remember
- BCan't remember new experiences
- CHas a temporal gradient
- DRetrograde relative to the time of injury
- ECan't form new memories
33In retrograde amnesia, patients either:
- ACan't retrieve the information
- BMemory has been removed
- CCan't form new memories
- DMemories don't consolidate from WM to enduring memory
34In retrograde amnesia:
[blank_start]Can't retrieve info[blank_end]= access path destroyed OR
[blank_start]Memory has been removed[blank_end]= no more representation of what happened- ACan't retrieve info
- BMemory has been removed
- CNo consolidation
35What is Ribot's law?
- AIn retrograde amnesia, newer memories are worse affected
- BIn anterograde amnesia, more distant memories are worse affected
- CNeurons that fire together, wire together
- DIn retrograde amnesia, more distant memories are worse affected
36What happened to Patient HM?
- AHad bilateral medial temporal surgery for epilepsy
- BHad global anterograde amnesia
- CHad graded retrograde amnesia
- DImpaired procedural memory
- ECan quickly learn by habits
37What can we learn from Patient HM?
- AAnterograde amnesia is a failure to completely consolidate memories
- BRetrograde amnesia follows Ribot's law
- CNeurons that fire together, wire together
38Left Medial Temporal Lobe damage leads to:
- AImpaired verbal memory
- BPoor performance on word lists
- CInability to remember stories
- DRetrograde amnesia
- EAnterograde amnesia
- FImpaired nonverbal memory
39Right medial temporal lobe damage leads to:
- AImpaired nonverbal memory
- BImpaired verbal memory
- CPoor memory of faces
- DPoor memory of figures
- EPoor memory of music
- FAnterograde amensia
- GRetrograde amnesia
40What brain areas did the Herpes Simplex virus attack in Clive Wearing?
- AFrontal lobe
- BRight frontal lobe
- CLeft frontal lobe
- DParietal lobe
- EOccipital lobe
41What describes Clive Wearing's insight into his amnesia?
- AIn a constant state of thinking he's just woken up
- BWon't acknowledge he was awake before
- COnly recognises he was aware before if he sees it in his own handwriting
- DOften improvises/confabulates an imaginary past
- ESometimes says he's been blind and deaf
42Clive Wearing has:
- APretty unimpaired semantic memory
- BAbsolutely no episodic memory
- CNo semantic memory
- DPretty unimpaired episodic memory
43How long is Clive Wearing's memory?
- A7 seconds
- B5 minutes
- C10 minutes
- D30 seconds
44Which of the following are characteristic of Clive Wearing?
- AKnows he's married to his wife but can't remember the wedding
- BCan leave the house unaccompanied
- CKnows his own name but not his age
- DCan remember childhood details
- ECan't read a book
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- Neuropsychology Quiz on Memory disorders, created by Jennifer Khouw on 17/11/2018.
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