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Pavlov
conditioning strengthened connections between the CS center and UCS center in the brain.
Lashely
searched for engrams: physical representations of what had been learned proposed two key principles about the nervous system:
Equipotentiality all parts of the cortex contribute equally to complex functioning behaviors (e.g. learning) Mass action the cortex works as a whole, not as solitary isolated units.
Semantic memory
anterior and inferior region of the temporal lobe are involved in semantic memory semantic dementia (loss of semantic memory)
Episodic memory
Anterior prefrontal cortex and cingulate cortex are important for episodic memory Source amnesia (loss of memory for the specific episode in which something occurred)
Greater Brain Activation Occurs During the Processing of Personal Episodic Memories
H.M. showed massive anterograde amnesia after the surgery. Patient HM also displayed greater implicit than explicit memory.