Understanding Amnesia and Memory Types

What is episodic memory?

• Re-experiencing past events in your mind

• Memory for how to perform tasks

• Temporary loss of memory

• Memory for facts without context

What type of memory is least affected by retrograde amnesia?

• Short-term memory

• Procedural memory

• Semantic memory

• Episodic memory

What is semantic memory?

• Memory of personal experiences

• Memory for facts without remembering the learning context

• Memory for skills like riding a bicycle

• Memory that is easily verbalized

Which type of amnesia involves the loss of the ability to form new long-term declarative memories?

• Retrograde amnesia

• Transient global amnesia

• Anterograde amnesia

• Permanent global amnesia

What is procedural memory?

• Memory for personal experiences

• Memory for performing tasks without conscious thought

• Memory for facts and information

• Memory that can be easily forgotten

Which type of memory is considered non-declarative?

• Short-term memory

• Episodic memory

• Semantic memory

• Procedural memory

What impact does anterograde amnesia have on episodic memory?

• No impact

• Small impact

• Improves it

• Large impact

Who was Cayce?

• A researcher in memory studies

• A person with both retrograde and anterograde amnesia

• The first person to be diagnosed with transient global amnesia

• A fictional character from a study on amnesia

What is transient global amnesia?

• Permanent loss of all types of memory

• Temporary experience of both retrograde and anterograde amnesia

• Inability to form new procedural memories

• Loss of semantic memory only

What area of the brain is involved in creating and remembering episodic memories?

• Frontal lobe

• Hippocampus

• Amygdala

• Cerebellum