Biopsychology, Pinel, John. Ch. 11 Learning, Memory, and Amnesia
Learning - Answer- deals with how experience changes the brain.
Memory - Answer- deals with how these changes, brought on by experience, are stored and subsequently reactivated.
Amnesia - Answer- any pathological loss of memo...
Biopsychology, Pinel, John. Ch. 11
Learning, Memory, and Amnesia
Learning - Answer- deals with how experience changes the brain.
Memory - Answer- deals with how these changes, brought on by experience, are
stored and subsequently reactivated.
Amnesia - Answer- any pathological loss of memory.
Retrograde Amnesia - Answer- loss of memory for events or information learned
before the amnesia- inducing brain injury. (Unable to remember past memories)
Anterograde Amnesia - Answer- loss of memory for events occurring after the
amnesia- inducing brain injury. (Unable to form new memories)
Transient Global Amnesia - Answer- A sudden onset severe anterograde amnesia
and moderate retrograde amnesia for explicit episodic memories that is transient-
typically lasting only between 4 to 6 hours.
Global Amnesia - Answer- Amnesia for information presented in all sensory
modalities.
Global Cerebral Ischemia - Answer- An interruption of blood supply to the entire
brain.
Long-term Memory - Answer- Memory for experiences that endures after the
experiences are no longer the focus of attention.
Short-term Memory - Answer- Memories (e.g., recall of a phone number) that are
stored only until a person stops focusing on them- typically assessed with the digit-
span test.
Remote Memory - Answer- Memory for events of the distant past.
Memory Consolidation - Answer- The transfer of short-term memories to long-term
storage.
Explicit Memories - Answer- Conscious memories
Implicit Memories - Answer- Memories that are expressed by improved performance
without conscious recall or recognition.
Episodic Memories - Answer- One type of Explicit long-term memory
Explicit memories for the particular events and experiences of one's life. (may not
remember what they ate for lunch or going to a movie. WILL REMEMBER past
events such as a childhood friend, birthday, etc..)
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