Neuroscience Learning & Memory

Being able to recall that there are 7 days in a week is an example of __

• Episodic Memory

• Procedural Memory

• Semantic Memory

• Working Memory

The ability to ride a bike illustrates

• Episodic Memory

• Procedural Memory

• Semantic Memory

• Working Memory

• Declarative Memory

Procedural memory is highly centered in which of the following 2 areas of the brain (select both).

• Hippocampus

• Basal Ganglia

• Amygdala

• Hypothalamus

• Cerebellum

Emotional memory is highly centered in which of the following 2 areas of the brain (select both).

• Hippocampus

• Basal Ganglia

• Amygdala

• Hypothalamus

• Cerebellum

What term is given to a type of transient memory where your brain actively makes connections to comprehend and classify information?

• Active Memory

• Procedural Memory

• Working Memory

• Declarative Memory

• Semantic Memory

Part of which brain lobe was removed from the famous patient H.M.?

• Frontal

• Temporal

• Parietal

• Occipital

The brain's ability to be adjusted or change is referred to as ___.

• Potentiation

• LTP

• Maleablity

• Plasticity

The excitatory amino acid neurotransmitter often associated with learning is ____

• Acetylcholine

• GABA

• Glutamate

• Dopamine

At resting potential, why are NMDA receptors impermeable even in the presence of glutamate.

• NMDA does not bind to glutamate at resting potential

• NMDA is blocked by calcium ions at resting potential.

• Magnesium ions prevent the passage of other ions at resting potential

• The cell needs to depolarize in order for NMDA to be activated.

Calcium entering the post synaptic cell leads to LTP by __

• activating CREB, which ultimately leads to the apoptosis

• activating cAMP, which in turn activates CREB, which in turn activates genes leading to cell growth

• activating enzymes, which in turn inhibit CREB, allowing genes to be transcribes leading to more receptors

• activating CREB, which in turn activates cAMP, which in turn activates genes leading to cell differentiation