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| unable to form new memories |
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| unable to remember past memories |
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| transfer of short term memories to long term memorie |
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| tests developed to assess implicit memory |
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| explicit memories based on facts or logic |
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| explicit memories that one has experienced |
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| disorder of memory that is common in people of have consumed large amounts of alcohol. Disorder is attributed with thiamine deficiency. |
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| when memory is retrieved from long term and put into short term it is then vulnerable to traumatic amnesia. |
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| standard consolidation theory |
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| short term memory is stored in hippocampus until stored into a more stable cortical system |
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| theory that memories are stored in hippocampus and other cortical structures for as long as they exist |
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| the cortex within the rhinal fissure |
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| cortex around the rhinal fissure. PLAYS A HUGE ROLE IN OBJECT RECOGNITION. |
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| theory proposed by O'Keefe and Nadal: hippocampus constructs and stores allocentric maps of the external world from sensory inputs. |
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| configural association theory |
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| hippocampus plays a role in retention from a combination of stimuli not just a single stimuli. |
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| old learning theory stating: where the synapses oscillate to make memory stronger |
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| facilitation of synaptic transmission following high-frequency electrical stimulation applied to pre-synaptic neurons. |
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| NMDA receptor (N-methyl-d-aspartate) |
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| receptor for glutamate-- the main excitatory neurotransmitter in the brain. |
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| plays huge role in object recognition |
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| operation where a lobe is removed from the brain |
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| operation when the lobe is separated from the brain but not removed. |
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| bilateral medial temporal lobectomy |
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| removal of the medial portions of both temporal lobes including most of the hippocampus and amygdala |
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| we eat to maintain a set point of energy |
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| process of breaking down food and absorbing its constituents into the body |
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| the breakdown products from protein |
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| simple sugar that is broke down from carbohydrates |
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| phase of energy metabolism that prepares the body for eating. |
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| phase when the energy is absorbed into the bloodstream |
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| phase when all the un-stored energy from previous meal has been used and the body is withdrawing energy from its reserves. |
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| conversion of protein to glucose |
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| storage form of glucose in live and muscles |
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| primary type of fat used my muscles |
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| storage form of fat in muscle and adipose tissue |
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| positive incentive theory |
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| humans and other animals are driven to eat by the anticipated pleasure |
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| complete cessation of eating |
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| complete cessation of drinking |
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| breakdown of body fat to utilize energy |
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