Describe the role of the basal ganglia in memory function
What will be an ideal response?
The basal ganglia:
• Integrates information over many trials
• Is involved in the learning of habits as opposed to more flexible responses
• Requires immediate feedback (reward or punishment
• Results in memories that are generally implicit; often not possible to describe what's learned in words
• Lesions result in loss of well-learned motor patterns, impaired learning of skills and habits
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