PSYCH 3313 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Retrograde Amnesia, Anterior Pituitary, Adrenal Gland

• School: Ohio State University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH 3313
• Professor: All

Document Summary

Review sheet psych 3313 exam 3 torello fall, 2013. Ltp- activation of synapses in a circuit lays down new memories. Hippocampus- deep within temporal lobe; converts short to long term memory. H. m. - bilateral epilepsy; had surgery bilateral medial temporal lobotomy which took out his hippocampus and had anterigrade amnesia (unable to remember anything new) Semantic (stuff, pres, math), autobiographical (personal memories), emotional, and. Principle of mass action and equipotentiality- where semantic and autobiographical memories are stored; stored in multiple frontal and temporal lobes. Korsakoff"s syndrome thiamine- people who primarily drink liquor don"t get nutrients they need and lose thiamine. Ect- treatment of depression; electro-convulsive therapy; causes retrograde amnesia. Bremer (researcher at yale) and ptsd- have problems with spatial maps; lose their way; mri shows hippocampus shrunk and when they improve the hippocampus grows back. Alzheimer"s disease amyloid protein- autopsy material; dead neurons covered in amyloid protein (we all have some but can become neurotoxic)