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memory and memory improvement CH.10 Quiz

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in implicit memory tasks, patients with amnesic syndrome show:
normal repetition priming in word fragment completion
repetition priming means that:
presentation at an earlier time can affect performance later on that same word, even in anterograde amnesiacs
psychogenic amnesia:
covers all forms of amnesia that are not directly linked to disruption or injury to the brain
anterograde amnesia refers to:
an inability to form new memories
the earliest signs of alzheimer's disease usually relate to:
the person finds that they are forgetting things
deficits in temporal ordering(that, memory for time) are associated with which form of amnesia
frontal lobe amnesia
medved(2007) interviewed a number of patients with anterograde amnesia with the goal of understanding what it was like to be amnesic. She found that:
amnesic patients engage in a number of compensatory behaviors to limit the impact of their amnesia in conversations with others
which of these is impaired in the amnesic syndrome:
learning of new information
the category of drugs known as benzodiazepines simulate which form of amnesia
anterograde amnesia
retrograde amnesia is seen after concussions because the blow to the head is thought to interfere with which process
consolidation
patient AM is recovering from a stroke in a hospital in Berlin, Germany. the patient has no history of mental illness, but insists that she is actually in a hospital in her hometown in manchester, england. when asked as to why all the doctors and staff are speaking German, patient AM cannot explain it, but insists that she is in England. Your diagnosis?
reduplicative amnesia
patient DP is a 32 year old auto accident victim. He has mild amnesia, but his brain damage caused changes in personality including issues with anger and depression. he has a hard time keeping track of his schedule. because patient DP has little awareness that his brain damage is causing him trouble, he makes little effort to compensate for his amnesia. Your diagnosis?
Frontal lobe amnesia
the effects of transient global amnesia
wear off usually within a few hours and all that is left is a small window of retrograde amnesia
patient JB has a deficit in the acquisition of new information. However, his intelligence is intact, he is aware of his memory deficit, and he is able to converse coherently. Your diagnosis?
amnesic syndrome
what are the physical manifestations of alzheimer's disease
dense amyloid plaques form throughout the cortex
clive wearing became amnesic because
he suffered a bout of viral encephalitis
which of these is likely to occure in frontal lobe amnesia
source monitoring failures
korsakoff's disease is linked with which other disease
alcoholism
retrograde amnesia is sometimes a function of
temporal lobe epilepsy
korsakoff's disease is associated with damage to which area of the brain
diencephalon
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