Learning and Memory
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1. Which of these statements about dissociated amnesia is true?:

1. the inability to recall past experiences is different during different times of the day.
2. the disruption of the ability to recall past experiences is independent of other cognitive functions
3. the amnesiac is not able to dissociate his actions from the actions of others
4. IQ is as affected as memory by the traumatic event that caused the amnesia.
5. amnesiacs are dissociated from the world around them.

2. The common denominator of brain pathology in organic amnesiacs is

A. ischemia
B. damage to the skull
C. damage to the mammilary bodies
D. none of the above

3. What factor(s) have not been shown to precipitate amnesia?

stroke
Ischemia
Anoxia
Brain tumors
Seizures
Fever

4. What is the correct order for the structures that contribute to the small circuit involved in declarative memory?

I. Subiculum
II. Cingulate ctx
III. CA3
IV. CA1
V. Entorhinal ctx
VI. Dentate gyrus
VII. Mammillary bodies.

I IV III VI V
IV V III VI I
V VI III IV I
VI I III
None of the above

5. Frontal lobe damage affects.

A. Performance on the delayed matching to sample task.
B. Ability to recall past events acurately
C. ability to recall autobiographical reference in past events.
D. Performance of the Wisconsin card sorting task.
E. All of the above
F. none of the above

6. Which of the following statements is FALSE?

A. Parallel processing states that similar information travels through different pathways within the CNS
B. Information travels to the neocortex via the entorhinal cortex.
C. The NMR experiment is an example of classical conditioning.
D. Alexandrian anatomists proposed that the brain was responsible for mental ability.
E. Thorndike proposed theories about neuronal cell assemblies being formed during learning.
F. the paradigm and stimuli used for learning have a great effect on what structures will ultimately be postulated to be involved in learning.

7. The link between emotional learning and motivation is best understood by studying the
  •  red nucleus
  •  Amygdala
  •  Fornix
  •  premotor cortex
  •  norepinephrine system
only one of the above is related to emotion and motivation.
only two of the above are related to emotion and motivation.
only three of the above are related to emotion and motivation
All of the above
none of the above


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