In which type of memory are basal ganglia involved?
Procedural Memory includes skills and habits, which, once accquired, become unconscious and automatic. This type of memory is processed in the striatum. Implicit Memory/Non-declarative memory: It doesnot require being conscious or awareness. Eg., Remembering how to brush your teeth. They are of 4 types: Procedural memory (skills and habits) in striatum, cerebellum, motor coex Priming in neocoex Non-associative learning (includes habituation and sensitization, e.g., Byheaing facts) Associative learning: Classical and operant conditioning. Exlicit/Declarative memory: Memory of words, rules, language etc., Associated with consciousness/awareness. Eg., recalling first day in school. They are of two types: Semantic Memory: (Facts) E.g., Knowing capital of India: Pas of brain involved are temporal coex and pre frontal coex. Episodic Memory: (Events) E.g., Recalling first day in college: hippocampus, medial temporal lobe and neocoex. Ref: Ganong's Review of Medical Physiology 25th edition Pgno: 283-285
Conditioning
Procedural
Explicit
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Nervous system