which part of the brain was removed during H.M. surgery
part of the temporal lobe
100
which part of the brain do savants typically not use that other people do
left anterior temporal lobe
200
what is the advantages of studying brain lesions in the human brain and in a lab animals brain
with animals you can control exactly where the lesion is but you cant study the same information as a human brain such as language
200
what are the advantages and disadvantages to using ERP
advantage- immediate results
disadvantage- records from surface and you don't know the depth of the information
200
what is the difference between anterograde amnesia and retrograde amnesia
anterograde- loss of memory for events after injury
retrograde- loss of memory for events prior to injury
200
all reported cases of amnesia involve _____ amnesia
retrograde
200
what is 1 of N.M.'s savant-related abilities
musical memory, jigsaw puzzles, proper name recall
300
generally speaking, which hemisphere of the brain typically controls language
left
300
what does the functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) measure
brain structures and activity
300
after surgery what problems with memory did H.M. have
could remember information from STM and LTM but could not transfer information from STM to LTM
300
explain the process of the star tracing experiment and why H.M.'s results were surprising
mirror drawing task-trace a star by looking at its mirror image
H.M. showed signs of learning even though he was said not to be able to learn new skills because he could not transfer information from STM to LTM
300
who were the subjects used in the N.M. experiment
N.M., 8 matched participants with like IQ scores (lower then average) and 8 normal subjects with average IQ
400
which invasive technique looks at the activity of the neurons in the brain
brain slices
400
what are the advantages and disadvantages to the use of brain slices
advantages- looks at neurons
disadvantages- very invasive can only be used to look at activity of neurons
400
Anterograde amnesia affects _____ memory but not ______ memory.
long-term episodic,
working
400
what is the procedure for the sitcom experiment
ECT causes temporary retrograde amnesia
subjects asked questions about the past both before and after therapy to see what was forgotton
400
what is the method used in the N.M. experiment and the 3 stages
subjects learned 2 sets of names from phone book in three stages-1. learn set a recall set A 2. learn set B recall set B 3. Final recall of set A
500
explain the method used for the wada test
Anesthetic injected to major artery affecting 1 hemisphere for 2-5 min then subjects asked questions to determine which hemisphere controls language
500
what are the advantages and disadvantages to the wada test
advantages- you can use it to tell which hemisphere controls which behavior
disadvantages- doesn't give you info of where in each hemisphere its processed or if it is processed in both
500
Anterograde amnesia spares memories for _______ _______, but impairs recall for _____ _______.
general knowledge,
new facts
500
patients recovering from head trauma are more likely to recover more ______ memories first
remote
500
what are the final conclusions from the N.M. experiment
N.M. was unaffected or protected from Retroactive Interference