NSC-2201 Chapter Notes - Chapter 24: Amygdala, Cognitive Map, Radial Arm Maze
1 May 2017
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Implicit memory requires repetition and is less likely to be forgotten. Instrumental conditioning: learn to associate a motor act with a meaningful stimulus. The neocortex and declarative memory: lashley had rat learn maze and then gave it a brain lesion. If left inactive, but then only some made active, it would activate the entire cell assembly: explained two things, 1. Engram could be widely distributed among connections that link the cells of the assembly: 2. Could involve same neurons that are involved in sensation and perception. Electrical stimulation of the human temporal lobes: electrical stimulation of human temporal lobes caused strange sensations such as hallucinations or recollections of past experiences. Hippocampal functions beyond spatial memory: cognitive map theory: hippocampus is specialized for creating a spatial map of the environment, undeniable that hippocampus plays essential role in spatial memory, others say that hippocampus" function cannot be so easily defined. It plays a role in working memory: memory consolidation of declarative memory.
