Introduction to Psychology 10th Edition by Rod Plotnik,Haig Kouyoumdjian

Exercise 36

Researchers have evidence that the formation and storage of long-term memories involve the repeated stimulation of neurons, which in turn causes neurons to grow and change to form new connections with other neurons; this phenomenon is called (a) _____. When this process was chemically or genetically blocked, animals were unable to form (b) _____, which points to the importance of LTP in forming long-term memories.