NBB 302 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Temporal Lobe, Anterograde Amnesia, Basal Ganglia

• School: Emory University
• Department: Neuroscience & Behavioral Sci
• Course: NBB 302
• Professor: Gillian Hue

Document Summary

Introduction: removing temporal lobes can lead to amnesia or memory problems, learning - process of acquiring new information. Outcome is memory (can be short or long term: sensory memory - short-term memory, working memory - long-term memory, 3 stages of learning and memory. Encoding - processing of incoming information that creates memory traces: acquisition - stimuli available for processing - short-term memory, consolidation - changes in brain stabilize memory over time - long term. Storage - result of acquisition and consolidation that represents permanent record of information. Retrieval - accessing stored information and using it to create a conscious representation or execute a learned behavior. Memory deficits: amnesia: amnesia: memory deficits and loss from brain damage; form of memory impairment that affects all the senses, anterograde amnesia - loss of memory for events that occur after a lesion. Result in inability to learn new things: retrograde amnesia - loss of memory for events/knowledge that occurred before a lesion.