Question 1

What is the difference between associative and non-associative types of learning?​

Accepted Answer

Associative learning involves

Question 2

Following a traumatic experience,the hippocampus experiences a refractory period but the amygdala does not.​

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Short-term habituation of Aplysia's gill-withdrawal reflex,lasting from minutes to several hours,probably results from​

Accepted Answer

A) changes in the synapses between sensory and motor neurons. 
B) decreased sensitivity of the sensory neurons. 
C) fatigue in the muscles serving the gill. 
D) stronger excitatory postsynaptic potentials in the interneurons 
A) changes in the synapses between sensory and motor neurons. 
B) decreased sensitivity of the sensory neurons. 
C) fatigue in the muscles serving the gill. 
D) stronger excitatory postsynaptic potentials in the interneurons

Question 4

How does long-term depression occur in the cerebellum?​

Accepted Answer

Paired electrical stimulation

Question 5

Thiamine deficiencies characteristic of chronic alcoholics may produce​

Accepted Answer

A) severe retrograde amnesia and mild anterograde amnesia. 
B) severe anterograde amnesia and mild retrograde amnesia. 
C) severe anterograde and retrograde amnesia. 
D) mild anterograde and retrograde amnesia. 
A) severe retrograde amnesia and mild anterograde amnesia. 
B) severe anterograde amnesia and mild retrograde amnesia. 
C) severe anterograde and retrograde amnesia. 
D) mild anterograde and retrograde amnesia.

Question 6

Patients with anterograde amnesia show deficits in​

Accepted Answer

A) declarative, but not explicit memory. 
B) explicit, but not non-declarative 
C) both explicit and declarative memory. 
D) neither explicit nor declarative memory. 
A) declarative, but not explicit memory. 
B) explicit, but not non-declarative 
C) both explicit and declarative memory. 
D) neither explicit nor declarative memory.

Question 7

Damage to the dorsomedial thalamus of patient N.A.resulted in​

Accepted Answer

A) profound anterograde amnesia and mild retrograde amnesia. 
B) profound retrograde amnesia and mild anterograde amnesia. 
C) intact explicit memories, but deficits in the formation of implicit memories. 
D) equal deficits in the formation of both explicit and implicit memories. 
A) profound anterograde amnesia and mild retrograde amnesia. 
B) profound retrograde amnesia and mild anterograde amnesia. 
C) intact explicit memories, but deficits in the formation of implicit memories. 
D) equal deficits in the formation of both explicit and implicit memories.

Question 8

As healthy people age,most measures of cognitive functions,including learning and memory:​

Accepted Answer

A) become gradually worse. 
B) remain stable. 
C) become gradually better. 
D) remain stable until about age 65, at which time they become dramatically worse. 
A) become gradually worse. 
B) remain stable. 
C) become gradually better. 
D) remain stable until about age 65, at which time they become dramatically worse.

Question 9

The long-term activation of protein kinase A (PKA)is associated with learning in invertebrates,but other enzymes appear to be involved with learning in vertebrates.​

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

What is the difference between associative and non-associative types of learning?

Following a traumatic experience,the hippocampus experiences a refractory period but the amygdala does not.

Short-term habituation of Aplysia's gill-withdrawal reflex,lasting from minutes to several hours,probably results from

How does long-term depression occur in the cerebellum?

Thiamine deficiencies characteristic of chronic alcoholics may produce

Patients with anterograde amnesia show deficits in

Damage to the dorsomedial thalamus of patient N.A.resulted in

As healthy people age,most measures of cognitive functions,including learning and memory:

The long-term activation of protein kinase A (PKA)is associated with learning in invertebrates,but other enzymes appear to be involved with learning in vertebrates.

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