Working Memory / Cognitive Control
We train a monkey to always reach for a new treat under the red box on the second trial instead of the blue box they saw previously
Delayed non match to sample task
This type of memory is especially vivid and emotional
flashbulb
tendency to adopt the behavior of the group
social conformity
This brain region most dramatically in adolescence
prefrontal cortex
Research use light sensitive proteins to control neurons with this technique
You remember less words if they are longer
Word length effect
You stop trying because you think punishment is inevitable and unavoidable
Learned helplessness
emotional contagion
This type of learning is impaired in the elderly
new skill learning
What was the marriage hack?
To look at past conflicts from a third party perspective
Brain region important for working memory and cognitive control
Prefrontal cortex
If I am happy I remember more happy memories. What is this called?
Mood congruence of memory
These fire when you do something and when you observe someone doing the same thing
mirror neurons
epigenetics
What percent of people administered lethal shocks in the Milgram experiment?
Over 50%
This is the capacity for short term memory
5-7 pieces of information
A technique for treating phobias where you show successive approximations of the feared stimulus?
Systematic desensitization
Fish follow one fish who was taught to exit a fish bowl at the top rather than the bottom. This is an example of
Social transmission of information
In one study, older adults remember this type of image more than younger adults.
What is the zone of proximal development?
Where you can do something with help
The phonological loop can retain information for this amount of time
2 seconds
Brain region related to storing contextual information with learning
hippocampus
I look outside at a bird making you all take interest in the bird. This is an example of
stimulus enhancement
Mutations of this gene predict greater incidence of Alzheimers
APOE
What decreases risk of Alzheimers?
Exercise