NOVA MEMORY HACKERS NOTES QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
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What do you remember about the story of the little boy named Jake?
- Jake can remember 80% of everything from 7 years old and on (he cannot forget any
details).
- Jake is an 11 year old (5th grade) and has HSAM
- Washington U researchers
What is HSAM?
- HSAM is Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory
- 55 adults and only 1 kid (Jake) are known to have it
What do you remember about the patient whose initials were H.M.?
- H.M. had a bike accident which led to seizures & epilepsy
- Brenda Milner studied H.M.
- How to get a Seizure: Alcohol Withdrawel, Tumor, Blood Flow (Stroke), Epilepsy,
Fever (in children), etc.
- Then, he got his hippocampus removed, and his seizures went away.
- Hippocampus = seahorse in latin
- But, he cannot remember anything that has happened after his operation.
What do you remember about the life and research of Erik Kandel?
- Erik Kandel was a Holocaust survivor who simply cannot forget anything from the
Holocaust (Why do I remember?)
Reductionist Approach
To take a problem down to a cellular level
People living with Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory (HSAM)...
- Have normal IQ's
- Are Not Autistic
What do you remember about how sea slugs are important to help scientists
learning more about memories?
- Sea slugs are animal models of memory & learning
- Plasticity anatomical changes in brain during learning
Where do memories "live" in the brain?
- Visual cortex
- Olfactory cortex
- Motor Cortex
- Amygdala
(All receive different input)
What do you remember about what the "spider" experiments taught scientists
about memories?
- Dr. Nadir @ McGill University
- The 'Spider Story' gets rid of phobias/irrational fearful memories
Consolidation
- The process of forming a permanent memory
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What do you remember about the story of the little boy named Jake?
- Jake can remember 80% of everything from 7 years old and on (he cannot forget any
details).
- Jake is an 11 year old (5th grade) and has HSAM
- Washington U researchers
What is HSAM?
- HSAM is Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory
- 55 adults and only 1 kid (Jake) are known to have it
What do you remember about the patient whose initials were H.M.?
- H.M. had a bike accident which led to seizures & epilepsy
- Brenda Milner studied H.M.
- How to get a Seizure: Alcohol Withdrawel, Tumor, Blood Flow (Stroke), Epilepsy,
Fever (in children), etc.
- Then, he got his hippocampus removed, and his seizures went away.
- Hippocampus = seahorse in latin
- But, he cannot remember anything that has happened after his operation.
What do you remember about the life and research of Erik Kandel?
- Erik Kandel was a Holocaust survivor who simply cannot forget anything from the
Holocaust (Why do I remember?)
Reductionist Approach
To take a problem down to a cellular level
People living with Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory (HSAM)...
- Have normal IQ's
- Are Not Autistic
What do you remember about how sea slugs are important to help scientists
learning more about memories?
- Sea slugs are animal models of memory & learning
- Plasticity anatomical changes in brain during learning
Where do memories "live" in the brain?
- Visual cortex
- Olfactory cortex
- Motor Cortex
- Amygdala
(All receive different input)
What do you remember about what the "spider" experiments taught scientists
about memories?
- Dr. Nadir @ McGill University
- The 'Spider Story' gets rid of phobias/irrational fearful memories
Consolidation
- The process of forming a permanent memory
