Limbic System
consists mostly of sensory organs
what is the thalamus?
research method
was surgically removed from HM
What is his hippocampus?
location of the hippocampus in the body
what is the brain?
the belief that every behavior has its specific place in the brain and is associated with a certain brain area
what is localization?
hypothalamus is involved in _______
what is emotion, thirst, and hunger?
sample
who are 16 right-handed male taxi drivers?
research method
what is a longitudinal case study?
the hippocampus is associated with memories. is it short-term or long-term memories?
what is long-term?
hemisphere handle functions
what is relative localization?
aim
what is the investigation of how the brain structure of London taxi drivers is different from the average brain?
aim
what is to study the effects after surgery of a patient whose hippocampus was removed?
name one responsibility of the hippocampus.
what is learning, memory, transferring short term memory to long term memory?
specific parts of the brain are for specific functions
what is strict localization?
amygdala involved in ______________
what is memory, emotion, and fear?
conclusion
what is the redistribution of gray matter in the hippocampus occurs in taxi drivers in response to gaining navigational experience?
conclusion
suggested that the hippocampus was thought to perform spatial orientation. Without the hippocampus, one could not process new declarative memories nor carry out spatial orientation.
specific location of the hippocampus
where is the temporal lobe of the cerebral cortex?
definition of lateralization
what is the division of functions between the two hemispheres of the cortex?
Nerves from almost all sensory organs reach the thalamus as a final “hub” before being connected to the cortex
what is the thalamus?
one finding
Taxi drivers- increased gray matter volume in the posterior hippocampus Control Group- increased gray matter volume in the anterior hippocampus. Correlation- the longer they drove a taxi, the larger the volume of their posterior hippocampus. The opposite was true for the anterior hippocampus.
one finding
His IQ and personality had remained, but his long-term memory was affected. HM was found to have anterograde amnesia where if he concentrated he would remember what he was told but if he lost concentration he would have no memory of it. He could neither acquire new episodic or semantic knowledge.
what is the transferring of short term memory to a more permanently stored region?
definition of equipotentiality
what refers to the ability of one part of the cortex to take over the functions of another part of the cortex?