PSB 3002 Study Guide - Final Guide: Anterograde Amnesia, Retrograde Amnesia, Temporal Lobe
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Automatic reflexes that do not have to be learned. Unconditioned stimulus: stimulus that produces the unconditioned response. Reinforcing or punishing outcome follows a specific behavior in a specific situation. Reinforcer increases the likelihood of the behavior occurring again in the future, while the punisher decreases it: new behaviors that must be learned. Permits an organism to change its behavior according to the consequences of the behavior. Sensory memory: first stage of memory: unattended information is lost. Longer than sensory memory, but still limited to seconds or minutes: memory capacity is limited. Receives information about what is going on from sensory and motor association cortexes from subcortical regions (basal ganglia and amygdala) Sustained activity of neurons in the sensory association cortex. Encodes information pertaining to the stimulus that must be remembered and is involved in manipulating and organizing information in short term memory.
