Step 1: Address the following questions in discussion in one paragraph for each of the three question items:
Questions
- How memories formed at the following levels?
Molecular: What is long-term potentiation (LTP)?
Cellular: How is the hippocampus important for memory?
System: How widely are memories distributed in the brain?
- How would you distinguish amnesia from normal forgetting? When would you call an absent-minded person amnesic?
- What’s better: A memory that records objectively and accurately, or a memory that can be updated to support newer levels of understanding?