PSYC 2240 Study Guide - Annenberg Foundation, Solitude, Temporal Lobe
11 Dec 2014
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Cannot transfer from short-term memory to long0term memory. Memories back in time is overall better then more recent. Forgets what thing are and what it is. Loose abilities to form new thoughts and communicate. Can"t learn new information or learn from experience. Progressive chronic illness, you give more and more and they will never have the opportunity to give it back. End (32min) www. learner. org (annenberg media) the brain: teaching modules. Cortex: less removal does fine, more removal does loss of memory. Electric stimulation to cortex first, before removal in surgery. Hippocampus system. (37 min) hippocampus serves learning as the same as to as it serves memory. (46) living with amnesia damage to hippocampus . Memory before is very well attained. (54) hippocampus consolidated memory is in the cortex etc. Ltp: hippocampus roles in memory consolidation (57) alzeihmers disease. Location in the brain where memory takes place. Cut part of his hippocampus and medial temporal lobe.
