1. Damage to the hippocampus disrupts: a. Declarative memory b. Procedural memor

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1.      Damage to the hippocampus disrupts:

a.       Declarative memory

b.      Procedural memory  

c.       Emotional learning  

d.      Skills memory

2.      Three years after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attack on the twin towers of the World Trade Center, researchers found:

a.       Reduced gray matter in several key areas involved in emotion in the individuals who lived closer to the site of the terrorist attacks  

b.      That people who lived far from the towers (200 miles) experienced just as many symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder as those who lived closer (1.5 miles)  

c.       Less amygdala activation to fearful faces in the group who lived within 1.5 miles of the terrorist attack site  

d.      That no posttraumatic symptoms were observed in either the near or far group, because enough time had elapsed for people to recover from stress

Explanation / Answer

1. Damage to the hippocampus disrupts the declarative memory which is also known as explicit memory. Encoding for this memory is done in the hippocampus. Therefore damage to this region causes amensia too.

2.Three years after the 9/11 attacks , research found that people who lived far from the towers of about 200 miles experienced just as many symptoms of PTSD as those who lived closer 1.5miles.

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