8.2 practice

The _____ facilitate formation of our procedural memories for skills.

Basal Ganglia

If you were searching for the location of a particular memory, you would find it:

all over the brain

The _____ is the neural center involved in processing explicit memories for storage.

hippocampus

The neural storage of a long-term memory is known as _____.

memory consolidation

When you encode a piece of target information, other bits of information become associated with it. The bits of information connected with the target information are known as:

retrieval cues.

Theo suffers from depression and is currently in treatment for it. His physician is using electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), which will affect his _____ memory.

short-term memory

John remembers very clearly the day his best friend died when a drunk driver hit him while he was riding on his bicycle. This would be considered a(n) _____ memory.

flashbulb

Some patients suffering from amnesia are incapable of recalling events. Yet, they can be conditioned to blink their eyes in response to a specific sound. They have most likely suffered damage to the _____.

hippocampus