TEST
QUESTION 1
1. The amygdala is directly involved in:
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Eye-lid conditioning |
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B. |
Fear conditioning |
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C. |
Spatial location learning |
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D. |
Skill learning |
1 points
QUESTION 2
1. The serial position curves of amnesic patients, compared with those of normal subjects, show:
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Impairment of the primacy effect |
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Impairment of the recency effect |
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A rather flat curve |
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D. |
Similar depression throughout the curve |
1 points
QUESTION 3
1. Studies of homing pigeons suggest that memory for spatial location is related especially to the:
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A. |
Amygdala |
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B. |
Caudate nucleus |
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C. |
Hippocampus |
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D. |
Extrastriate visual cortex |
1 points
QUESTION 4
1. The increase of cortical thickness with enriched experience is probably mainly due to the increased:
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Branching of dendrites |
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B. |
Fluid content of cortical tissue |
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C. |
Size of synaptic junctions |
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D. |
Number of dendritic spines |
1 points
QUESTION 5
1. NMDA receptors induce LTP:
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When glutamate stimulates them |
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Only if Mg2+ ions move |
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By allowing Na+ to enter the dendritic spine |
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D. |
By blocking CREB within the postsynaptic cell |