Question 2 of 21

Retrieval and storage are two of the three major functions of our long-term memory system. What is the third?

... Our long-term memory includes three processes: encoding, retrieval and storage.

Question 3 of 21

Which part of the brain do we use to consolidate new memories?

... Our newest memories are stored in the hippocampus. You can find your hippocampus in the temporal lobe.

Question 4 of 21

What is the term for memory loss caused by a traumatic event?

... After a person suffers an extremely traumatic event, he or she may experience emotional/hysterical amnesia

Question 5 of 21

In most cases, what memories do people recovering fro amnesia remember first?

... In the majority of cases, people recovering from amnesia remember their oldest memories first.

Question 6 of 21

In the early 1920s, Anna Anderson claimed she was actually this royal figure suffering from amnesia.

... Anna claimed she was in fact Anastasia, the Grand Duchess of Russia, who was thought to have been killed alongside her family in the 1918 Bolshevik uprising. Most people believed Anna was simply delusional.

Question 7 of 21

Memory signals travel along this pathway in the brain.

... Chemical changes in the brain create pathways called memory traces. These chemical changes -- or signals -- traverse the brain using these pathways.

Question 8 of 21

What happens during retrograde amnesia?

... A person who cannot remember events prior to the onset of amnesia is suffering from retrograde amnesia.

Question 9 of 21

What happens during anterograde amnesia?

... When a person is diagnosed with anterograde amnesia, he or she can't remember events that happened after the onset of amnesia.

Question 10 of 21

Children and adults process and store memories in different ways, and so many adults cannot remember events from their childhood. What is the term for this?

... In the 1940s, Anna Freud coined the term childhood amnesia. It refers to the fact that many adults cannot remember early childhood memories.

Question 11 of 21

What is the term used to describe a temporary loss of all memory?

... Transient global amnesia refers to the total loss of memory. It's a popular plot twist in soap operas.

Question 12 of 21

This herbal remedy has been used for thousands of years by the Chinese to combat memory loss in the elderly.

... The Chinese have used Ginkgo biloba to prevent their elders from forgetting.

Question 13 of 21

Which Charles Dickens' novel features the amnesia sufferer Dr. Manette?

... "A Tale of Two Cities" features Dr. Manette who remembers some events but not others.

Question 14 of 21

What does lacunar amnesia refer to?

... Lacunar amnesia refers to the inability to recall a specific event.

Question 15 of 21

Severe cases of retrograde amnesia have been known to last this long.

... There are documented cases of retrograde amnesia lasting several decades.

Question 16 of 21

In the movie "Memento" (2000), Guy Pearce plays a man suffering from anterograde amnesia who is trying to discover who murdered his wife. What is one of the tools he uses to remember clues that may lead him the killer?

... Guy Pearce's character tattoos important clues and guidelines on his body so he doesn't forget them.

Question 17 of 21

This type of amnesia was once referred to as multiple personality disorder.

... Dissociative amnesia is the new term for that tried and true soap opera twist or criminal defense -- multiple personality disorder.

Question 18 of 21

People with severe anterograde amnesia are sometimes able to recover these types of memories.

... Procedural memories are how we do something like tying a shoelace or riding a bike. People with anterograde amnesia have demonstrated the ability to retain procedural memories.

Question 19 of 21

This is one known cause of amnesia.

... Hypoxia is the brief reduction or loss of oxygen for a short period of time. This has been known to cause amnesia.

Question 20 of 21

If you suspect you have amnesia, you might want to consider going to this person.

... Along with a neurologist, a neuropsychologist can run tests to see if you are suffering from amnesia.

Question 21 of 21

Amnesia also goes by this name.

... Amnestic syndrome is a clinical term for amnesia.

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