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Neostriatal Habit Learning
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Undergraduate 4
01/22/2017

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What type of experiments are best for separating the different functions of different brain systems?
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double dissociation
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Because the weather prediction task is probabilistic & incrementally learned, it has been assumed that it therefore must depend on ______ memory systems
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nondeclarative (extra-hippocampal)
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What two disorders were used in the double dissociation memory tasks that we learned about?
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amnesia & Parkinson's
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What two tasks were used in the double dissociation memory tests we learned about?
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a probabilistic learning one (the weather thing) & a multiple choice questionnaire (asking about the task/training)
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What was the outcome of the amnesiacs on the weather test?
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about the same as controls
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What was the outcome of the PD patients on the weather test?
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they exhibited no apparent learning
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What was the outcome of the PD patients on the declarative memory task?
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about the same as controls
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What was the outcome of the amnesiacs on the declarative memory task?
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no Bueno (severe impairment of memory for learning the task)
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