NROSCI 0081 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Pulse Oximetry, Spatial Memory, Dyslexia
29 Jan 2018
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Smells can evoke memories because it is in the limbic system. It is in the limbic system because it is a huge part in animals (rats) Memory: transition from short to long term. Sleep: the connections you established during the day replay. Place cells: a cell that is associated with a specific location: places cells for different locations you constantly go. Context memory for drugs: cravings increase in similar locations. Clive wearing: had herpes encephalitis: hippocampal damage anterograde and retrograde amnesia. Part of the reason why smells evoke such strong memories. Fear learning = powerful memories: usually only need one trial. Ptsd: amygdala inappropriately recalls memories from your past to influence your behavior in the present. Kluver-bucy: trying to figure out how peyote works: removed the amygdala in monkeys, afterwards: had oral fixation, hyper sexuality, lack of emoting, apathy (cid:894)do(cid:374)"t (cid:272)are a(cid:271)out a(cid:374)(cid:455)thi(cid:374)g(cid:895), dietar(cid:455) (cid:272)ha(cid:374)ges, loss of fear i(cid:374) s(cid:374)akes.
