Learning and Memory
Study Questions
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1. There are two major loops in the memory system in which the hippocampus is involved. The larger of the two includes:
 
    1. The cingulate ctx
    2. mamillary bodies
    3. red nucleus
    4. dentate granule cells
    5. entorhinal cortex
A. 1, 3
B. 1, 2, 4
C. 1, 2, 3, 5
D. 1, 4, 5
E. 1, 2, 4, 5

2. Based on the results from primate studies using a matching to sample task the hippocampus was thought to be...

A. uninvolved in this type of task
B. Involved in computing integrals
C. Involved in contextual integration
D. part of the circuit involved in retaining the information over a long period of time
E. all of the above
F. none of the above

3. (T/F)The fornix is comprised of axons that originate in the septal nuclei, CA1, CA3 and the subiculum.

True
False

4. Animal studies using __________ have been able to study the role of the hippocampus in learning.
 
    1. the radial arm maze
    2. the nictitating membrane response
    3. the water maze
    4. classical conditioning paradigms in anesthetized animals
    5. delayed non-matching to sample
1
1, 3
3, 4, 5
1, 3, 5
2, 4

5. The connections between the mammillary bodies and the ventral tegmental nucleus are used to
 
    1. guide the animals movements
    2. motivate the animal
    3. reinforce a given behavior
    4. do nothing i.e. has no discernable function
    5. modify the amount of dopamine being released
    6. modify the amount of acetylcholine being
1, 3, 5
2, 3, 4
4
3, 5
2, 3, 5

6. The subiculum mostly projects to the _____________ through the _________.

septal nuclei, anterior commissure
the dentate gyrus, fornix
mammillary bodies, precommissural fornix
entorhinal cortex, corpus callosum
mammillary bodies, post commissural fornix


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