Psychology 3138F/G Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Short-Snouted Seahorse, Histology, Spatial Memory

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 3138F/G
• Professor: Stefan Kohler

Document Summary

Old questions, new answers old scientists might say memories are not stored in any particular location in the brain but are distributed throughout the brain engram: the physical unit of storage for a memory. Lashley thought there might be specific cells or groups of cells that transform when new information has been acquired. Neurotransmitters neurotransmitters can be excitatory or inhibitory inhibition causes the neuron to make fewer action potentials rather than more. Korsakoff"s disease: damage to diencephalon involving deficits in new learning, deficits in retrieving well-stored information, and an impairment in the ability to distinguish between true and false memories. Cortical areas of the brain associated with memory evolutionarily most recent area of the brain. Methods in cognitive neuroscience neuroimaging: a set of techniques that allow researchers to make detailed maps of the human brain and assign functions to particular regions in the brain.