PSY 324 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Transient Global Amnesia, Anterograde Amnesia, Retrograde Amnesia
17 Apr 2016
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Chapter 13 the biology of learning and memory. Long-term memory damage to temporal cortex after encephalitis. *skipped localized representations of memory (pages 390-394) + conditioned stimulus/responses. Time varies emotionally significant memories form quickly (increase secretion of adrenaline/cortisol and small amounts of cortisol activate the amygdala and hippocampus enhance consolidation of memory) Giving a reminder and then administering a drug that blocks protein synthesis weakens the memory. Working memory is a better term than short term memory. Delayed response task = responding to something that you heard/saw a little while ago. H. m. neurosurgeon removed hippocampus+ nearby structures of medial temporal cortex on both hemispheres. Intellect, language abilities, personality, working/short-term memory was intact. Suffered anterograde amnesia inability to form new memories after brain damage. Retrograde amnesia loss of memory events that occurred before the brain damage (confined to certain # years) He did form few weak semantic (factual) memories for new information i. e. fill last names in given first.
