Learning & Memory

The lateral interpositus nucleus of the cerebellum governs which aspect of learning and memory?

• Operant conditioning

• Transfer of short-term memories to long-term

• Consolidation of long-term memories

• Classically Conditioned learning

What are the declarative memory types?

• Procedural memory

• Semantic memory

• Episodic memory

• Spatial memory (bonus: yes, in some cases, no in some other)

Damage to the hippocampus affects what part of memory?

• Working memory

• Episodic memory

• Procedural memory

• Semantic memory

Why is it unsurprising that Henry Molaison had an intact procedural memory?

• Procedural memory can develop in a single trial.

• Procedural memory depends on high-frequency gamma oscillations.

• Procedural memory depends on the striatum, not the hippocampus.

• Procedural memory does not require synaptic modifications in the brain.

The striatum is primarily responsible for which type of learning?

• Acquiring and storing episodic memories

• Gradually learning habits

• Memories that people can easily describe in words

• Quickly adapting learned behaviors to new circumstances

What excites NMDA receptors?

• The transmitter norepinephrine

• The transmitter NMDA

• The transmitter glutamate, but only if the membrane is depolarized

• The transmitter glutamate, but only if other nearby synapses are silent

During the formation of LTP, which ions enter the NMDA receptors?

• Calcium and magnesium

• Iron and magnesium

• Calcium and sodium

• Sodium and potassium