Anatomy 1
The part of the brain involved in planning and executive function.
What is the frontal lobe?
This lobe is located in the very back of your brain
What is the occipital lobe?
This lobe converts short term memory to long term memory
What is the temporal lobe?
This type of memory is used when memorizing facts
What is episodic memory?
The part of the brain involved in visual processing.
What is the occipital lobe?
This lobe is activated when you listen to music.
What is the temporal lobe?
This type of memory is used when learning new things, like riding a bike.
What is procedural memory?
This brain structure translates from Greek to “seahorse” because of their similar shapes
What is the hippocampus?
The auditory cortex is located within this lobe
What is the parietal lobe?
You use this lobe when feeling for something in your backpack without looking.
What is the parietal lobe?
This is the name of the task Patient HM did to show that he could learn new procedural memories, but couldn’t remember learning them
What is the Mirror Tracing Task?
This is the technique many “memory athletes” use when competing in extreme memory competitions
What is the method of loci (aka memory palace)?
This cranial nerve is responsible for sending visual information received by the eyes to the brain.
What is the optic nerve?
This part of the brain is activated when engaging in movements requiring balance, such as jumping on one leg or running.
What is the cerebellum?
Located next to the hippocampus, this part of the brain is involved in emotional associations and can help strengthen memory
What is the amygdala?
This is the stage of sleep where your memories from the day are encoded to be stored long term
What is Rapid Eye Movement (REM)?
Phineas Gage had trauma to this lobe, which resulted in personality changes
What is the frontal lobe?
This cranial nerve is responsible for movement of the eye muscles, including pupil dilation and constriction.
What is the oculomotor nerve?
This is the type of amnesia that Patient HM had
What is anterograde amnesia?
(could not make new memories because episodic memory was effected)
This is the sense that is most strongly linked with memory associations
What is smell (olfaction)?