PSYCH 2GG3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Anterograde Amnesia, Hebbian Theory, Morris Water Navigation Task
25 Oct 2017
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2gg3 - neuroscience of learning - feb 14th (quiz & Quiz: tolerance occurs when the effect of a drug increases over repeated exposure - Exocentric cues teach the body that the drug is going to be administered (shooting up in your bathroom overtime will lead to increased tolerance faster than when changing locations). There are 2 hippocampi - made up of different parts in each hemisphere (hippocampal formation) is the proper term. Forebrain structure of the temporal lobe, constituting as important part of the limbic system. Characteristic appearance: allows researchers to study activity of a pre-synaptic. If you have a lot of activity in a pre-synaptic neutron (lots of ring) - will have greater effects on the post-synaptic neuron. Weaker neurons can adapt to stronger neurons and start to produce the same strength and produce a greater effect on the post-synaptic neuron.
