Chapter 13

Biological Psychology · 8 exercises

Problem 3

What is the primary brain location for working memory, and what is one hypothesis for how it stores temporary information?

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Problem 4

What is the difference between anterograde and retrograde amnesia?

4 step solution

Problem 6

If you learn a skill (e.g., predicting the weather) as a declarative memory, instead of learning the same skill as a procedural habit, how will the outcome differ?

5 step solution

Problem 8

According to the context hypothesis, why does hippocampal damage impair episodic memory?

4 step solution

Problem 10

On what kind of question is someone with Korsakoff's syndrome most likely to confabulate?

4 step solution

Problem 11

What is amyloid- - \(\beta\) and how does it relate to Alzheimer's disease?

5 step solution

Problem 15

Before LTP: In the normal state, what is the effect of glutamate at the AMPA receptors? At the NMDA receptors?

4 step solution

Problem 16

During the formation of LTP: When a burst of intense stimulation releases much more glutamate than usual at two or more incoming axons, what is the effect of the glutamate at the AMPA receptors? At the NMDA receptors? Which ions enter at the NMDA receptors?

4 step solution

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