PPT-Ch 11: Learning, Memory & Amnesia

Neuroplastic processes related to the ability of the brain to change its functioning in response to experience Learning How experience changes the brain Memory How the changes are stored amp later activated. declarative memory Implicit vs Explicit memory What is amnesia TV movie of the week amnesia A person suffers a head injury They cannot remember who they are This is called retrograde amnesia Loss of information from before trauma Very rare Wh Loss of memory ability - usually due to lesion or surgical removal of various parts of the brain. Causes of Amnesia. Concussion. Migraines. Hypoglycemia. Epilepsy. Electroconvulsive shock therapy. Specific brain lesions (i.e. surgical removal) . Memory?. Types of memory, CNS regions, memory impairments . Learning?. Models for learning. Memory Processing. if attended. Short-term Memory (STM). Limited capacity (7 items). can use chunking. Brief duration. Amnesia resulting from Brain Trauma and Neurodegenerative Diseases. Many causes of memory failure or loss have a neurological basis which results from some form of damage of injury to the brain. Brain trauma . November 3, 2011. The Case of Henry M (H.M.). Lesion includes:. -medial temporal pole . cortex. -most of the . amygdala. -. entorhinal. cortex. -more than half of the . hippocampus. -. subiculum. -some debate about . September 24, 2009. Types of Memory. The Case of Henry M (H.M.). Hippocampus. Mammillary Bodies. Anterior Thalamus. Cingulate Gyrus. Fornix. Mamillothalamic Tract. Amygdala. Dorsomedial Thalamus. Orbitofrontal. Danielle Noftle. Neuropsychology of Abnormal . Behaviour. November 19th/2015. Presentation Outline. Introduction. History: Patient H.M.. Categories of Amnesia. Memory Consolidation. Neurotransmission. Amnesia & Animal Models. . Lecture Outline. Disorders of Memory. H.M.. Anterograde Amnesia. Retrograde . Amnesia. Korsakoff. ’. s . Syndrome. Animal Models of Memory. Anatomy of Memory. Prefrontal lobes. (some slides are courtesy of Dr. G.P.Sutton). February 5, 2015. Lecture Plan:. Memory: definition, subtypes and processes. Clinical examples of memory loss - patients H.M. & C.W.. What is memory loss. . Lecture Outline. Disorders of Memory. H.M.. Anterograde Amnesia. Retrograde . Amnesia. Korsakoff. ’. s . Syndrome. Animal Models of Memory. Anatomy of Memory. Prefrontal lobes. . important for short-term . Forgetting, Memory Construction, and Improving Memory. Learning Targets. 33-1. Explain why we forget.. 33-2. . Discuss how misinformation, imagination, and source amnesia influence our memory construction, and describe how we decide whether a memory is real or false.. The Case of Henry M (H.M.). Lesion includes:. -medial temporal pole . cortex. -most of the . amygdala. -. entorhinal. cortex. -more than half of the . hippocampus. -. subiculum. -some debate about . Cued Recall. Recognition. Savings. Implicit / Indirect Memory. Procedural Memory. Declarative Memory. The Information Processing View of Memory. Short Term Memory. Long Term Memory. Episodic Memory. Source Amnesia. Behaviour. November 19th/2015. Presentation Outline. Introduction. History: Patient H.M.. Categories of Amnesia. Memory Consolidation. Neurotransmission. Squire's Taxonomy of memory. Neuroanatomy. Neuroendocrinology.