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Learning and memory
Both are neuroplastic processes; they deal
with the ability of the brain to change its functioning in response
to experience
Learning
deals with how experience changes the brain
Memory
deals with how these
changes are stored and subsequently reactivated
Amnesia
any pathological loss of memory
Henry Molaison
man who in 1953, at the age of 27, had
the medial portions of his temporal lobes removed
for the treatment of a severe case of
epilepsy
Bilateral medial temporal lobectomy
removal of the medial portions
of both temporal lobes, including most of the hippocampus,
amygdala, and adjacent cortex
Lobectomy
operation in which a lobe, or a major part
of one, is removed from the brain
Lobotomy
operation
in which a lobe, or a major part of one, is separated
from the rest of the brain by a large cut but is not removed
Retrograde amnesia
Backward-acting,Unable to remember the past
Anterograde amnesia
Forward-acting,Unable to form new memories
Short term memory
storage of new information for brief periods of
time while a person attends to it
Long-term memory
storage of new information once the person stops attending to it
Digit span + 1 test
H.M.’s inability to form certain
long-term memories was objectively illustrated by his
performance on the -
Block-tapping memory-span test
H.M.’s amnesia was not restricted to verbal material
by assessing his performance on the + 1 version of the -`
Global amnesia
amnesia for information presented in
all sensory modalities
Mirror-drawing test
The first indication that
H.M.’s anterograde amnesia did not involve all long-term
memories came from the results of a -
Incomplete-pictures test
nonsensorimotor test of memory that employs five sets of fragmented
drawings.
Pavlovian conditioning
A tone was sounded just before a puff
of air was administered to his eye; these trials were repeated
until the tone alone elicited an eye blink.
mnemonic
H.M.’s case renewed efforts to relate individual brain
structures to specific - (memory-related) processes;
Remote memory
memory for experiences in the distant past
Memory consolidation
the translation of short-term memories into long-term
memories
Explicit/declarative memories
Implicit memories
distinct categories of long-term memories:
Explicit/declarative memory
Conscious
long-term memories became known as -
Implicit memory
longterm
memories demonstrated by improved test performance
without conscious awareness became known as
Medial temporal lobe amnesia
Neuropsychological patients with a profile of mnemonic
deficits similar to those of H.M., with preserved intellectual
functioning, and with evidence of medial temporal
lobe damage are said to suffer from
Repetition priming tests
Tests that assess implicit memory
Semantic memories
explicit memories for general facts or information
Episodic memories
explicit memories for the
particular events (i.e., episodes) of one’s life
episodic memories
People with medial temporal lobe amnesia
have particular difficulty with - (episodic or semantic memories?)
Endel Tulving
been a major force in research
on the semantic-episodic dichotomy
The Case of K.C., the Man Who Can’t Time Travel
had a motorcycle accident in 1981. He suffered diffuse
brain damage, including damage to the medial temporal lobes.
Global cerebral ischemia
Patients who have experienced ___—
that is, have experienced an interruption of blood supply to
their entire brains—often suffer from medial
temporal lobe amnesia.
CA1 subfield
In R.B’s postmortem examination, obvious
brain damage was restricted largely to the pyramidal cell
layer of just one part of the hippocampus, the -
Transient global amnesia
the strongest evidence that selective hippocampal
damage can cause medial temporal lobe amnesia
comes from cases of -
Transient global amnesia
its sudden onset in the absence
of any obvious cause in otherwise normal adults
Transient global amnesia
the amnesia is transient, typically
lasting only 4 to 6 hours.
Korsakoff’s syndrome
disorder is largely attributable
to the brain damage associated with the thiamine deficiency
that often accompanies heavy alcohol consumption
Korsakoff’s syndrome
it is characterized by a variety of sensory
and motor problems, extreme confusion, personality
changes, and a risk of death from liver, gastrointestinal,
or heart disorders.
Medial diencephalon
Postmortem
examination of Korsa typically reveals lesions to the
mammillary bodies
The
first hypothesis, which was based on several small postmortem
studies, was that damage to the -
of the hypothalamus was responsible for the memory
deficits of Korsakoff patients
Medial diencephalic amnesia
N.A. is a particularly well-known patient with - (amnesia, such as Korsakoff amnesia,
associated with damage to the medial diencephalon
Alzheimer’s disease
another major cause of amnesia, wherein The first sign is often a mild deterioration
of memory.
Alzheimer’s disease
Eventually, dementia develops and becomes
so severe that the patient is incapable of even
simple activities
predementia Alzheimer’s patients
Alzheimer’s patients who have yet to develop dementia
Acetylcholine
The level of - is greatly reduced in the
brains of Alzheimer’s patients
basal forebrain
This reduction of acetylcholine results
from the degeneration of the - (a midline
area located just above the hypothalamu), which is the brain’s main source of acetylcholine.
Concussion
a temporary disturbance
of consciousness produced by a nonpenetrating
head injury
Posttraumatic amnesia (PTA)
Amnesia following a nonpenetrating
blow to the head is called -
Coma
pathological state of unconsciousness
anterograde amnesia
Period of - suggests a temporary failure of memory consolidation
Islands of memory
surviving memories
for isolated events that occurred during periods for which
other memories have been wiped out.
Memory consolidation
Gradients of retrograde amnesia after concussion seem to
provide evidence for -
Hebb’s theory
memories are stored in the short term by neural activity
Electroconvulsive shock (ECS)
an intense, brief, diffuse,
seizure- inducing current that is administered to the brain
through large electrodes attached to the scalp
Standard consolidation theory or dual-trace theory
memories
are temporarily stored in the hippocampus until they
can be transferred to a more stable cortical storage system
Reconsolidation
Each time a memory is retrieved from LTM, it is temporarily held in STM
Reconsolidated
Memory in STM is susceptible to post-traumatic amnesia until it is -
Anisomycin
a protein synthesis inhibitor, prevents reconsolidation of conditioned fear in rats if applied directly to the amygdalae
Monkey version of the delayed nonmatching-to-sample test
It was hailed as a major
breakthrough because it opened up the neuroanatomy
of medial temporal lobe amnesia
to experimental investigation.
Monkey version of the delayed nonmatching-to-sample test
provided a means of testing
the assumption that the amnesia resulting from medial
temporal lobe damage is entirely the consequence of hippocampal
damage
Hippocampus
Amygdala
Medial temporal cortex
the locations
in the monkey brain of three major temporal lobe structures:
Rat version of the delayed nonmatching-to-sample test
The validity of the - has been established by studies of
the effects of medial temporal lobe lesions.
Aspiration
- used to lesion the hippocampus in monkeys –resulting in additional cortical damage
Mumby box
The version of the delayed nonmatching-
to-sample test for rats that most closely
resembles that for monkeys was developed
by David Mumby using an apparatus
that has become known as the -
rhinal cortex
Bilateral removal of the - consistently results in object-recognition deficits
hippocampus
Bilateral removal of the - produces no or moderate effects on object recognition
amygdala
Bilateral removal of the - has no effect on object recognition
CA1 pyramidal cells
Ischemia-induced hyperactivity of - damages neurons outside of the hippocampus
Extrahippocampal damage
- is not readily detectable
Morris water maze test
intact rats placed at various locations in a circular
pool of murky water rapidly learn to swim to a stationary
platform hidden just below the surface.
Radial arm maze
several (e.g., eight) arms radiate out from a central starting
chamber, and the same few arms are baited with food each
day.
reference memory
The ability to visit only the baited arms of the radial
arm maze is a measure of -
Reference memory
memory
for the general principles and skills that are required to
perform a task
Working memory
the ability to refrain from visiting an
arm more than once in a given day is a measure of -
Working memory
temporary memory that is necessary for the
successful performance of a task on which one is currently
working
Rhinal cortex
plays an important role in object recognition
Hippocampus
plays a key role in memory for spatial location
Place cells
neurons that respond
only when a subject is in specific locations
Entorhinal cortex
an area of the medial
temporal cortex that is a major source of neural signals to
the hippocampus
Grid cells
are entorhinal
neurons that each have an extensive array of evenly
spaced place fields, producing a pattern reminiscent of
graph paper
Head-direction cells
neurons of the entorhinal cells that are tuned to the direction of head orientation
Border cells
neurons of the entorhinal cells that fire when the subject is near the borders
of its immediate environment
Food-caching birds
must have remarkable spatial memories because, in order
to survive, they must remember the locations of hundreds
of food caches scattered around their territories.
time cells
certain cells in the hippocampus have recently been
shown to code for the temporal aspects of an experience—
so-called -
Jennifer Aniston neurons
Other medial temporal lobe neurons were discovered
that responded to other individuals known to the
patients (e.g., relatives, friends, or celebrities) or to known
objects, but because the first neuron responded to Jennifer
Aniston, they have all been termed -
concept cells
they respond to ideas or concepts rather than to particulars
Optogenetics
neuroscientists insert an opsin gene into
particular neurons, after which they can then use light to
either hyperpolarize or depolarize those neurons.
Engram cells
neurons that maintain an engram
Tagging stage
Manipulate stage
identification of an engram cell via optogenetics is
typically a two-stage process
Tagging stage
the neurons that are active during the learning task
are induced to express opsins while an animal engages in a
particular learning taskM
Manipulate stage
the previously active neurons are now either inhibited
or excited by using light to influence the activity of the
opsin-tagged neurons
Karl Lashley
wrote a famous review paper, In Search of the Engram
Cognitive map theory
hippocampus
constructs and stores allocentric maps
of the world
Medial temporal cortex
have roles in episodic memory
Inferotemporal cortex
Naya and colleagues concluded that
this reversed pattern of activity reflected the retrieval of
visual memories from -
Amygdala
thought to play a special
role in memory for the emotional significance of experiences
Prefrontal cortex
patients with - damage
often have difficulty performing tasks that involve a series of
responses
Cerebellum
thought to participate in the storage
of memories of learned sensorimotor skills through its
various neuroplastic mechanisms
Striatum
thought to store memories for consistent
relationships between stimuli and responses
Habit formation
the
type of memories that develop incrementally over many
trials. Sometimes this striatum-
based form of learning is referred to as -