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Neurobiology Exam 1
| Question | Answer | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H.M. amnesia | Anterograde | ||||||
| Anterograde amnesia | Can't form new memories | ||||||
| H.M.'s surgery | Removal of hippocampi - where epileptic activity begins | ||||||
| H.M.'s surgeon | Henry Scoville | ||||||
| H.M. neuropsychologist | Brenda Milner | ||||||
| H.M. affected structures and function | Frontal lobe, medial-temporal hippocampal system (hippocampus + amygdala) | ANTEROGRADE amnesia affecting: Semantic memory Autobiographical memories | Amygdala | Could not recognize self No empathy for others Reduction in pain sensitivity | Functions retained | Mathematical ability | |
| Hermann Ebbinghaus | 3 letter nonsense syllables, vary length of list, Forgetting Curve | Savings measured by | % change in number of trials to learn | ||||
| Modal model | rehearsal moves info from short to long-term memory | ||||||
| Dual trace theory | Short and long term memory are formed at the same time | ||||||
| Theodule Ribot | In diseased state, memories disappear in orderly fashion | Recent --> personal --> habits, skills --> emotional | |||||
| Ribot's law | New memories more vulnerable to disruption than new memories | ||||||
| Support for Ribot's law | ECT, Contextual fear conditioning, neurocognitive disorders | ||||||
| How ECT supports Ribot's law |