Question 1

The radial arm maze can be used to study both reference memory and __________ memory.

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Question 2

Mumby and his colleagues showed that large hippocampal lesions blocked the object-recognition deficits caused in rats by cerebral ischemia when the lesions were

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A)   unilateral but not bilateral.
B)   contralateral but not ipsilateral.
C)   made 1 hour, but not 1 week, after the ischemia.
D)   ipsilateral but not contralateral.
E)   made 1 week, but not 1 hour, after ischemia.

Question 3

The NMDA receptor is a type of __________ receptor.

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A)   serotonin
B)   glutamate
C)   dopamine
D)   GABA
E)   nitric oxide

Question 4

Here is an illustration of coronal section of a monkey brain cut through the hippocampus and amygdala. The shaded area indicates the position of the

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A)   hippocampus.
B)   rhinal cortex portion of the medial temporal cortex.
C)   amygdala.
D)   parietal cortex.
E)   none of the above

Question 5

The delayed nonmatching-to-sample test is a good measure of __________ long-term object-recognition memory in both rats and monkeys.

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Question 6

Label this illustration of how LTP is typically studied. Then use this illustration, and any others that you may wish to supply, to describe and explain how LTP is typically produced and measured.

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Question 7

The __________ is thought to store memories for consistent relationships between stimuli and responses.

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Question 8

Which structure is thought to store memories for visual images?

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A)   amygdala
B)   inferotemporal cortex
C)   striatum
D)   prefrontal cortex
E)   cerebellum

Question 9

The cerebellum is thought to store memories of

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A)   learned sensorimotor skills.
B)   faces.
C)   time.
D)   objects.
E)   spatial locations.

Question 10

Illustrated here is a neural circuit in which __________ is commonly studied.

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A)   maintenance
B)   LTD
C)   LTP
D)   amnesia
E)   forgetting

Question 11

An MRI of N.A.'s brain later revealed

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A)   extensive medial diencephalic damage.
B)   selective damage to the mammillary bodies.
C)   selective damage to the mediodorsal nuclei.
D)   total destruction of the thalamus.
E)   deficits in forming new explicit memories.

Question 12

The up-the-nose case of N.A. had a major impact on theories of amnesia because

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A)   he died soon after his accident, and this enabled his physician to perform a postmortem examination of his hippocampus.
B)   a CT scan revealed the full extent of his lesion in the hippocampus.
C)   the foil penetrated the CA1 subfield of the hippocampus.
D)   by chance, his hippocampal lesion was bilaterally symmetrical.
E)   none of the above

Question 13

The brain operation performed on H.M. was a

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A)   unilateral temporal lobectomy.
B)   bilateral prefrontal lobotomy.
C)   bilateral temporal lobotomy.
D)   bilateral medial temporal lobectomy.
E)   none of the above

Question 14

What is LTP? Why is LTP so interesting to researchers? Describe a specific demonstration of LTP at a hippocampal site of your choice, and include a diagram.

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Question 15

Neurons in the medial temporal lobes of humans respond only to particular people or objects. These neurons are called ____________ neurons.

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Question 16

Electroconvulsive shock is commonly used in studies of memory because it

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A)   improves semantic memory.
B)   has amnesic effects similar to those produce by concussion.
C)   causes hippocampal damage.
D)   is an effective form of therapy for anxiety.
E)   produces no retrograde effects on memory.

Question 17

Because H.M.'s surgery seemed to disrupt only those retrograde memories acquired shortly before his surgery, it was once widely believed that the hippocampus

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A)   stores most long-term memories.
B)   stores all long-term memories.
C)   temporarily stores memories before they are transferred to a more permanent storage site.
D)   stores spatial memories.
E)   temporarily consolidates short-term memories.

Question 18

The location in a test environment in which a subject must be for a place cell to become active is called its

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A)   place field.
B)   area of activity.
C)   location field.
D)   playing field.
E)   area of sensitivity.

Question 19

H.M.'s greatest postsurgical problem was his

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A)   anterograde amnesia.
B)   retrograde amnesia.
C)   deficit in short-term memory.
D)   loss of remote memory.
E)   drop in IQ.

Question 20

In the brains of Alzheimer's patients, the level of __________ is greatly reduced, resulting from degeneration of the basal forebrain.

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A)   epinephrine
B)   norepinephrine
C)   acetylcholine
D)   dopamine
E)   serotonin

Exam 11: Learning, Memory, and Amnesia

Here is an illustration of coronal section of a monkey brain cut through the hippocampus and amygdala. The shaded area indicates the position of the

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The cerebellum is thought to store memories of

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Mumby and his colleagues showed that large hippocampal lesions blocked the object-recognition deficits caused in rats by cerebral ischemia when the lesions were

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The NMDA receptor is a type of __________ receptor.

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The delayed nonmatching-to-sample test is a good measure of __________ long-term object-recognition memory in both rats and monkeys.

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The radial arm maze can be used to study both reference memory and __________ memory.

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In the brains of Alzheimer's patients, the level of __________ is greatly reduced, resulting from degeneration of the basal forebrain.

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Because H.M.'s surgery seemed to disrupt only those retrograde memories acquired shortly before his surgery, it was once widely believed that the hippocampus

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Illustrated here is a neural circuit in which __________ is commonly studied.

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The __________ is thought to store memories for consistent relationships between stimuli and responses.

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Label this illustration of how LTP is typically studied. Then use this illustration, and any others that you may wish to supply, to describe and explain how LTP is typically produced and measured.

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An MRI of N.A.'s brain later revealed

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