PSYCH 230 Study Guide - Final Guide: Ampa Receptor, Purkinje Cell, Nmda Receptor
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Did not nd the location of the memory trace. Tested the effects of brain lesions on the performance (or recall) of rats that were well-trained to navigate mazes. Rats were extensively trained in mazes and thus could perform these mazes based on memories that are comparable to the ones you employ to ride a bike, for example. Concluded that memory is not localized in a particular brain region. The more brain matter is destroyed, the more severe the memory de cit. The brain can co-opt other areas to take over the role of the damaged part. The loss of memories formed before a particular event. The inability to form new memories after the onset of an illness. Things you know that you can tell others. Can be tested readily in humans because they can talk. Processing of declarative information in the temporal lobe is necessary for memory formation.
