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Learning and Memory
Ryan Bentham
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Question 1

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[blank_start]Learning[blank_end] refers to the process by which experiences change our nervous system and hence our behaviour. We refer to these changes as [blank_start]memories[blank_end].
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  • Learning
  • memories

Question 2

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[blank_start]Experiences[blank_end] are not stored, they change the way we perceive, perform, think and plan.
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  • Experiences

Question 3

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_____________ are not stored, they change the way we perceive, perform, think and plan.
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  • Experiences
  • Memories
  • Perceptions
  • Sensory data

Question 4

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[blank_start]Memories[blank_end] are changes in our nervous system and hence our behaviour.
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  • Memories

Question 5

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[blank_start]Experiences[blank_end] physically change the structure of the nervous system, altering neural circuits that participate in perceiving, performing, thinking and planning.
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  • Experiences

Question 6

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What type of learning is the ability to recognise stimuli that have been perceived before?
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  • Perceptual learning
  • Stimulus-response learning
  • Motor learning
  • Relational learning

Question 7

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What type of learning is the establishment of changes in the motor system?
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  • Perceptual learning
  • Stimulus-response learning
  • Motor learning
  • Relational learning

Question 8

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What type of learning is the ability to learn to perform a particular behaviour when a particular stimulus is present?
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  • Perceptual learning
  • Stimulus-response learning
  • Motor learning
  • Relational learning
  • Stimulus-motor learning

Question 9

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What type of learning the relationships between stimuli?
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  • Relational learning
  • Motor learning
  • Stimulus-response learning
  • Perceptual learning

Question 10

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Classical conditioning is a form of what type of learning?
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  • Perceptual
  • Stimulus-response learning
  • Motor learning
  • Relational learning

Question 11

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Operant conditioning is a form of what type of learning?
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  • Perceptual learning
  • Stimulus-response learning
  • Motor learning
  • Relational learning

Question 12

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Classical conditioning is also known as instrumental condititioning
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  • True
  • False

Question 13

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The primary function of [blank_start]Perceptual learning[blank_end] is to identify and categorise objects and situations.
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  • Perceptual learning

Question 14

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[blank_start]Instrumental conditioning[blank_end] is about learned behaviours how the effects of a particular behaviour increase or decrease the probability of the behaviour.
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  • Instrumental conditioning

Question 15

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[blank_start]Classical conditioning[blank_end] is a form of learning in which an unimportant stimulus acquires the properties of an important one.
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  • Classical conditioning

Question 16

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A [blank_start]Reinforcing stimulus[blank_end] is an appetitive stimulus that follows a particular behaviour and thus makes the behaviour more frequent.
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  • Reinforcing stimulus

Question 17

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A [blank_start]Punishing stimulus[blank_end] is an aversive stimulus that follows a particular behaviour and thus makes the behaviour become less frequent.
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  • Punishing stimulus

Question 18

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[blank_start]Hebb Rule[blank_end]: Cellular basis of learning involves the strengthening of the synapse that is repeatedly acting when the postsynaptic neuron fires.
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  • Hebb Rule

Question 19

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[blank_start]Classical conditioning[blank_end] is an association between two stimuli, when a stimulus that initially produces no response is followed several times by an unconditional stimulus that produces a defensive or appetitive response the first stimulus itself now evokes the response.
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  • Classical conditioning

Question 20

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Perceptual learning is accomplished by changes in the [blank_start]sensory association cortex[blank_end].
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  • sensory association cortex

Question 21

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Each of our sensory systems is capable of perceptual learning.
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  • True
  • False

Question 22

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Motor learning is a component of stimulus-learning
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  • True
  • False

Question 23

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Motor learning can take place without any sensory guidance?
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  • True
  • False

Question 24

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With motor learning, the more familiar a behaviour, the more neural circuits in the motor systems of the brain must be modified.
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  • True
  • False

Question 25

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[blank_start]Motor learning[blank_end] is the establishment of changes within the motor system. [blank_start]Stimulus-response[blank_end] learning is the establishment of connections between the sensory systems and motor systems. [blank_start]Perceptual learning[blank_end] is the establishment of changes in the sensory systems of the brain.
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  • Motor learning
  • Stimulus-response
  • Perceptual learning
  • Relational learning
  • Classical conditioning
  • Instrumental conditioning

Question 26

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What type of learning is about the relationships among stimuli?
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  • Relational learning
  • Motor learning
  • Perceptual learning
  • Stimulus-response learning

Question 27

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[blank_start]Relational learning[blank_end] is about the relationships among stimuli.
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  • Relational learning

Question 28

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Is Episodic learning an example of stimulus-response learning?
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  • True
  • False

Question 29

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Episodic learning is an example of which type of learning?
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  • Relational learning
  • Stimulus-response learning
  • Motor learning
  • Perceptual learning

Question 30

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The long-term increase in the excitability of a neuron to a particular synaptic input caused by repeated high-frequency activity of that input is...
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  • Long-term potentiation (LTP)
  • Population EPSP
  • Associative long-term potentiation
  • Long-term depression

Question 31

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A forebrain structure of the temporal lobe, constituting an important part of the limbic system is the ...
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  • Hippocampus
  • Hippocampal formation
  • Amygdala
  • Basal ganglia

Question 32

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A long-term potentiation in which concurrent simulation of weak and strong synapses to a given neuron strengthens the weak ones.
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  • Long-term potentiation
  • Associate long-term potentiation
  • Population EPSP
  • Long-term depression

Question 33

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A long-term decrease in the excitability of a neuron to a particular synaptic input caused by stimulation of the terminal button while the postsynaptic membrane is hperpolarized or only slightly depolarized.
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  • Long-term potentiation (LTP)
  • Associative long-term potentiation
  • Long-term depression
  • Population EPSP

Question 34

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Long-term potentiation (LTP) is
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  • The long-term increase in the excitability of a neuron to a particular synaptic input caused by repeated high-frequency activity of that input is...
  • A long-term potentiation in which concurrent simulation of weak and strong synapses to a given neuron strengthens the weak ones.
  • A long-term decrease in the excitability of a neuron to a particular synaptic input caused by stimulation of the terminal button while the postsynaptic membrane is hyperpolarized or only slightly depolarized.

Question 35

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Associative long-term potentiation is...
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  • The long-term increase in the excitability of a neuron to a particular synaptic input caused by repeated high-frequency activity of that input is...
  • A long-term potentiation in which concurrent simulation of weak and strong synapses to a given neuron strengthens the weak ones.
  • A long-term decrease in the excitability of a neuron to a particular synaptic input caused by stimulation of the terminal button while the postsynaptic membrane is hyperpolarized or only slightly depolarized.

Question 36

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Long-term depression is
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  • The long-term increase in the excitability of a neuron to a particular synaptic input caused by repeated high-frequency activity of that input is...
  • A long-term potentiation in which concurrent simulation of weak and strong synapses to a given neuron strengthens the weak ones.
  • A long-term decrease in the excitability of a neuron to a particular synaptic input caused by stimulation of the terminal button while the postsynaptic membrane is hyperpolarized or only slightly depolarized.

Question 37

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Perceptual learning involves learning to recognise things and what to do when they are present.
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  • True
  • False

Question 38

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People with damage to the [blank_start]inferior temporal cortex[blank_end] may have excellent vision but be unable to recognise familiar things.
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  • inferior temporal cortex

Question 39

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People with damage to the amygdala may have excellent vision but be unable to recognise familiar, everyday objects.
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  • True
  • False

Question 40

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This part of the brain is part of an important system involved in a particular form of stimulus-response learning, clasically conditioned emotional responses.
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  • Amygdala
  • Inferior temporal cortex
  • Basal ganglia
  • Hippocampal formation

Question 41

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This part of the brain is important for instrumental conditioning
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  • Basal ganglia
  • Amygdala
  • Hippocampal formation
  • Inferior temporal cortex

Question 42

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The role of the [blank_start]basal ganglia[blank_end] As learned behaviours become automatic and routine, they are transferred to this area. This area receives information about the stimuli and the responses we are making. This area is a passive observer, but as behavoiurs are repeated, it begins to learns what to do and take over most of the details of the process.
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  • basal ganglia

Question 43

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[blank_start]Anterograde[blank_end] amnesia is difficulty in learning new information after brain damage. [blank_start]Retrograde[blank_end] amnesia is difficulty in recalling information from before brain damage.
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  • Anterograde
  • Retrograde

Question 44

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Damage to the [blank_start]hippocampus[blank_end] or areas that input into or receive output from it, causes anterograde amnesia.
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  • hippocampus

Question 45

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Anterograde amnesia is
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  • Difficulty in learing new information after brain damage, specifically relational.
  • Inability to remember events that happened before the brain damage.
  • A severe form of amnesia where no new memories can be formed.
  • When people are asked about recent events they describe a fictitious event rather than admit they cannot remember.

Question 46

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Retrograde amnesia is
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  • Difficulty in learning new information after brain damage, specifically relational.
  • Inability to remember events that happened before the brain damage.
  • A severe form of amnesia where no new memories can be formed.
  • When people are asked about recent events they describe a fictitious event rather than admit they cannot remember.

Question 47

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Korsakoff's syndrome is
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  • Difficulty in learning new information after brain damage, specifically relational.
  • Inability to remember events that happened before the brain damage.
  • A severe form of amnesia where no new memories can be formed.
  • When people are asked about recent events they describe a fictitious event rather than admit they cannot remember.

Question 48

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Confabulation is...
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  • Difficulty in learning new information after brain damage, specifically relational.
  • Inability to remember events that happened before the brain damage.
  • A severe form of amnesia where no new memories can be formed.
  • When people are asked about recent events they describe a fictitious event rather than admit they cannot remember.

Question 49

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[blank_start]Anterograde amnesia[blank_end] is Difficulty in learning new information after brain damage, specifically relational.
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  • Anterograde amnesia

Question 50

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[blank_start]Retrograde amnesia[blank_end] is Inability to remember events that happened before the brain damage.
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  • Retrograde amnesia

Question 51

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[blank_start]Korsakoff's syndrome[blank_end] is A severe form of amnesia where no new memories can be formed.
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  • Korsakoff's syndrome

Question 52

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[blank_start]Confabulation[blank_end] is When people are asked about recent events they describe a fictitious event rather than admit they cannot remember.
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  • Confabulation

Question 53

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Consolidation is
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  • The conversion of short-term memory into long-term memories.
  • Memory that can be verbally expressed, such as memory for events in a person's past.
  • Memory whose formation does not depend on the hippocampal formation; a collective term for perceptual, stimulus-response and motor memory.
  • Memory of a collection of perceptions of events organised in time and identified by a particular context.
  • A memory of facts and general information.
  • Triggered by a reminder of the original stimulus and thought to provide the means for modifying existing memories.

Question 54

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Declarative memory is
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  • The conversion of short-term memory into long-term memories.
  • Memory that can be verbally expressed, such as memory for events in a person's past.
  • Memory whose formation does not depend on the hippocampal formation; a collective term for perceptual, stimulus-response and motor memory.
  • Memory of a collection of perceptions of events organised in time and identified by a particular context.
  • A memory of facts and general information.
  • Triggered by a reminder of the original stimulus and thought to provide the means for modifying existing memories.

Question 55

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Non-declarative memory is...
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  • The conversion of short-term memory into long-term memories.
  • Memory that can be verbally expressed, such as memory for events in a person's past.
  • Memory whose formation does not depend on the hippocampal formation; a collective term for perceptual, stimulus-response and motor memory.
  • Memory of a collection of perceptions of events organised in time and identified by a particular context.
  • A memory of facts and general information.
  • Triggered by a reminder of the original stimulus and thought to provide the means for modifying existing memories.

Question 56

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Episodic memory
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  • The conversion of short-term memory into long-term memories.
  • Memory that can be verbally expressed, such as memory for events in a person's past.
  • Memory whose formation does not depend on the hippocampal formation; a collective term for perceptual, stimulus-response and motor memory.
  • Memory of a collection of perceptions of events organised in time and identified by a particular context.
  • A memory of facts and general information.
  • Triggered by a reminder of the original stimulus and thought to provide the means for modifying existing memories.

Question 57

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Semantic memory
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  • The conversion of short-term memory into long-term memories.
  • Memory that can be verbally expressed, such as memory for events in a person's past.
  • Memory whose formation does not depend on the hippocampal formation; a collective term for perceptual, stimulus-response and motor memory.
  • Memory of a collection of perceptions of events organised in time and identified by a particular context.
  • A memory of facts and general information.
  • Triggered by a reminder of the original stimulus and thought to provide the means for modifying existing memories.

Question 58

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Reconsolidation
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  • The conversion of short-term memory into long-term memories.
  • Memory that can be verbally expressed, such as memory for events in a person's past.
  • Memory whose formation does not depend on the hippocampal formation; a collective term for perceptual, stimulus-response and motor memory.
  • Memory of a collection of perceptions of events organised in time and identified by a particular context.
  • A memory of facts and general information.
  • Triggered by a reminder of the original stimulus and thought to provide the means for modifying existing memories.A memory of facts and general information.

Question 59

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[blank_start]Consolidation[blank_end] is The conversion of short-term memory into long-term memories.
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  • Consolidation

Question 60

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[blank_start]Declarative memory[blank_end] is Memory that can be verbally expressed, such as memory for events in a person's past.
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  • Declarative memory

Question 61

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[blank_start]Non-declarative memory[blank_end] is Memory whose formation does not depend on the hippocampal formation; a collective term for perceptual, stimulus-response and motor memory.
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  • Non-declarative memory

Question 62

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[blank_start]Episodic memory[blank_end] is Memory of a collection of perceptions of events organised in time and identified by a particular context.
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  • Episodic memory

Question 63

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[blank_start]Semantic memory[blank_end] is A memory of facts and general information.
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  • Semantic memory

Question 64

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[blank_start]Reconsolidation[blank_end] is Triggered by a reminder of the original stimulus and thought to provide the means for modifying existing memories.
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  • Reconsolidation

Question 65

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[blank_start]Place cells[blank_end] are a neuron that becomes active when an animal is in a particular location in the environment; most typically found in the hippocampal formation.
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  • Place cells
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