Learning and memory - Lecture 5

What is a memory trace?

Who were the researchers associated with patient HM?

Name three key findings from HM

Define anterograde and retrograde amnesia

So how could HM learn?

Name the two types of long term memory

Name other brain regions involved in memory with an example of how we know this

Name the two sub-divisions of declarative memory

Name parts of the brain associated with declarative memory

Besides HM and KC, how do we normally test declarative memory brain regions?

How can a classically conditioned response be unlearned?

What is instrumental conditioning also known as?

Name the part of the brain that influences spatial awareness?

Name some synaptic changes that effect memory

Describe Hebbs law

Name 3 types of synaptic changes which may store memory

What is Long-term Potentiation (LTP)?

How do you measure LTP?

If the pulses are presented slowly (low-frequency pulses), the opposite effect develops, what is this called?

How are NMDA receptors activated?