NEUROSCIENCE 6TH EDITION 2026 FULL
SUMMARY AND KEY CONCEPTS
◉ Retrograde amnesia is an inability to ______.
a. remember daily experiences
b. remember events from the middle of life
c. remember events prior to the impairment
d. form new memories. Answer: C
◉ Consolidation of memory refers to ______.
a. formation of permanent memories
b. accessing stored memories
c. filtering of sensory information in order to make memories
d. integration of different memories into one. Answer: A
◉ Retrieval with respect to memory refers to ______.
a. formation of permanent memories
b. accessing stored memories
c. filtering of sensory information in order to make memories
d. integration of different memories into one. Answer: B
,◉ Animals given a drug that blocks the neurotransmitter ______ were
not able to remember the location of a hidden platform in the water
memory task.
a. acetylcholine
b. glutamate
c. serotonin
d. dopamine. Answer: B
◉ The water maze experiment for memory showed that ______.
a. blocking glutamate receptors interferes with memory
b. increasing glutamate receptors interferes with memory
c. blocking glutamate receptors increases memory
d. increasing glutamate receptors increases memory. Answer: A
◉ How well a list of words is remembered could be predicted from
the extent ______ during stimulus presentation.
a. of the evoked responses in the cingulate cortex
b. of activation that occurred in the hippocampus
c. of activation that occurred in the septum
d. of the evoked responses in the hypothalamus. Answer: B
◉ Shondra is reading her textbook and trying to memorize specific
passages. Most likely, the greatest neural activity is in her ______.
,a. entire hippocampal formation
b. hippocampus
c. cingulate cortex
d. CA1. Answer: B
◉ If glutamate-blocking drugs are given after learning a water maze,
rats ______.
a. show equal levels of performance but do not remember being in
the maze before
b. actually swim the maze faster
c. show a detriment in retrieval
d. are no different from control groups. Answer: C
◉ Which memory system provides a temporary "register" for
information while it is being used?
a. Working memory
b. Utility memory
c. Sample memory
d. Long term memory. Answer: A
◉ The longest-lasting memories are located mostly in ______.
a. the right hippocampus
, b. the left hippocampus
c. integration between left and right hippocampus areas
d. cortical areas other than the hippocampus. Answer: D
◉ The reason that hippocampus damage can interfere with forming
new memories and yet not alter childhood memories is ______.
a. long-term memories are stronger and more difficult to disrupt
b. these types of memories are related to two different
neurotransmitters within the hippocampus
c. these types of memories are located in different areas of the brain
d. none of these. Answer: C
◉ Despite his amnesia, H.M. demonstrated that he still had ______.
a. declarative memory
b. nondeclarative memory
c. episodic memory
d. semantic memory. Answer: B
◉ Your grandmother unfortunately had a stroke over the weekend.
You take her to the doctor, and the doctor says to expect some
declarative memory loss. What will your grandmother have
problems with?
a. movement memory
SUMMARY AND KEY CONCEPTS
◉ Retrograde amnesia is an inability to ______.
a. remember daily experiences
b. remember events from the middle of life
c. remember events prior to the impairment
d. form new memories. Answer: C
◉ Consolidation of memory refers to ______.
a. formation of permanent memories
b. accessing stored memories
c. filtering of sensory information in order to make memories
d. integration of different memories into one. Answer: A
◉ Retrieval with respect to memory refers to ______.
a. formation of permanent memories
b. accessing stored memories
c. filtering of sensory information in order to make memories
d. integration of different memories into one. Answer: B
,◉ Animals given a drug that blocks the neurotransmitter ______ were
not able to remember the location of a hidden platform in the water
memory task.
a. acetylcholine
b. glutamate
c. serotonin
d. dopamine. Answer: B
◉ The water maze experiment for memory showed that ______.
a. blocking glutamate receptors interferes with memory
b. increasing glutamate receptors interferes with memory
c. blocking glutamate receptors increases memory
d. increasing glutamate receptors increases memory. Answer: A
◉ How well a list of words is remembered could be predicted from
the extent ______ during stimulus presentation.
a. of the evoked responses in the cingulate cortex
b. of activation that occurred in the hippocampus
c. of activation that occurred in the septum
d. of the evoked responses in the hypothalamus. Answer: B
◉ Shondra is reading her textbook and trying to memorize specific
passages. Most likely, the greatest neural activity is in her ______.
,a. entire hippocampal formation
b. hippocampus
c. cingulate cortex
d. CA1. Answer: B
◉ If glutamate-blocking drugs are given after learning a water maze,
rats ______.
a. show equal levels of performance but do not remember being in
the maze before
b. actually swim the maze faster
c. show a detriment in retrieval
d. are no different from control groups. Answer: C
◉ Which memory system provides a temporary "register" for
information while it is being used?
a. Working memory
b. Utility memory
c. Sample memory
d. Long term memory. Answer: A
◉ The longest-lasting memories are located mostly in ______.
a. the right hippocampus
, b. the left hippocampus
c. integration between left and right hippocampus areas
d. cortical areas other than the hippocampus. Answer: D
◉ The reason that hippocampus damage can interfere with forming
new memories and yet not alter childhood memories is ______.
a. long-term memories are stronger and more difficult to disrupt
b. these types of memories are related to two different
neurotransmitters within the hippocampus
c. these types of memories are located in different areas of the brain
d. none of these. Answer: C
◉ Despite his amnesia, H.M. demonstrated that he still had ______.
a. declarative memory
b. nondeclarative memory
c. episodic memory
d. semantic memory. Answer: B
◉ Your grandmother unfortunately had a stroke over the weekend.
You take her to the doctor, and the doctor says to expect some
declarative memory loss. What will your grandmother have
problems with?
a. movement memory
