Understanding Memory: A Quiz

What is the term used for the 'place' in the brain where early researchers believed memory was stored?

• Engram

• Synapse

• Cortex

• Neuron

Which type of memory is described as having unlimited capacity and potentially lasting forever?

• Long-term memory

• Short-term memory

• Working memory

• Sensory memory

What is the term for factual knowledge stored in memory?

• Procedural memory

• Semantic memory

• Implicit memory

• Episodic memory

Which type of memory involves autobiographical events?

• Facial recognition

• Episodic memory

• Procedural memory

• Semantic memory

What is the term for the ability to recall and recognize faces?

• Prosopagnosia

• Facial recognition

• Episodic memory

• Semantic memory

What is the name of the condition resulting from damage to the fusiform gyrus?

• Dyslexia

• Amnesia

• Prosopagnosia

• Aphasia

Which type of memory is expressed through performance?

• Implicit memory

• Episodic memory

• Semantic memory

• Explicit memory

What is the term for memories of how to perform tasks or habits?

• Explicit memory

• Procedural memory

• Episodic memory

• Semantic memory

Which type of memory is expressed through recollection?

• Facial recognition

• Implicit memory

• Procedural memory

• Explicit memory

What is the duration of short-term memory according to the text?

• 1 minute

• 12 seconds

• 5 seconds

• 30 seconds