1) Discuss what priming is and how it relates to the discussion of amnesia (Ch 7 ).

2) What sorts of studies have implicated the medial diencephalon, and hippocampal region in learning and memory (cite at least 3).

3) Define the following concepts, provide an example of each and discuss what structures are thought to be involved in these concepts.

1. Working memory
2. Confabulation
3. Parallel processing
4. Spatial maps
5. retrograde amnesia
6. Procedural memory
7. Semantic memory

4)Where are the following structures located in the brain and what are the learning and memory processes in which they are involved. Cite one example of why these areas have been implicated in the processes you assigned to them.

1. Hippocampus proper
2. ventral tegmental nucleus
3. Granule cells
4. distal inputs to CA1 pyramidal cells
5. interneurons
6. Fornix
7. Prefrontal cortex

5) What evidence is there for the idea that declarative and procedural memories are subserved by different areas of the brain?

6) What evidence is there that semantic and episodic memories are both effected by impairment of processing in the frontal lobes.

7) Label (be specific) areas A to D in the figure below.

Learning and Memory Homepage
Oberlin College Neuroscience Homepage

OAMG/AMB 1997