Summary: Cognitive Neuroscience Of Memory

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  • 1 Turning experiences into memory

  • 1.1 What is memory?

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  • How do we get to know what is memory?

    By figuring out how and why it evolved
  • 1.2 Why did memory evolve?

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  • Why did memory evolve?

    To predict the future.
  • Is memory generalized or specific? Why?

    Generalized and specific. Specific for differentiating between small differences, for example poisonous berries. Generalized for recognizing more of the same kind, all wolves for example.
  • 1.3 Nomenclature of memory

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  • Which two processes are known for memory?

    Formation and retrieval.
  • Which two kinds of memory are known?

    Declarative and non-declarative
  • 1.3.1 Declarative memory system

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  • Declarative memory can be characterized in four ways, name them:

    1. It is flexible
    2. It is consciously accessible
    3. It is able to compare events
    4. It is memory as a relational association (vs. Unconscious biasing as happens with non-declarative memory)
  • 1.5.1 Novelty

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  • Which brain area is important for processing of novelty?

    Substantia nigra
  • Why is the substantia nigra important for novelty processing?

    Because it is where dopamine is produced, and dopamine rewards the investigation of novel items, enhancing memory.
  • 1.5.1.1 Tracking memory formation

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  • What is difference due to memory?

    It is when some studied items will be remembered and some forgotten in correlation with respectively higher and lower waveforms.
  • What is the difference between high and low-frequency words with regard to processing?

    High frequency words are semantically processed in the rhinal cortex. Low frequency words are non-semantically processed in the HC.

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