psyc module 25

right hippocampus

Johnny has suffered hippocampal damage from a near-fatal bus crash. He is able to remember verbal information, but has no ability to recall visual designs and locations. He has damage to his

priming

Memories can often be triggered by an associated environmental stimulus. This process is called _____.

sensory

Our strongest retrieval cues are often associated ______ information.

motor movement

Procedural memory involves _____

short-term

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

serotonin

When learning occurs in the Aplysia snail, the snail releases more of this neurotransmitter at certain synapses.

state-dependent memory

When people learn something while in one state (for example, when they are feeling joyful or sad), they are better able to recall that thing while in the same state. This is known as:

Elizabeth Loftus

__ revealed that the reports of flashbacks were extremely rare in those patients whose brains were electrically stimulated in different cortical regions. Moreover, the flashbacks appear to have been invented, not relived

long-term potentiation

Coined by Gary Lynch, this prolonged strengthening of potential neural firing is believed to be the basis for learning and memory and is known as:

James

He referred to priming as the "wakening of associations."