Sea slugs have been used to demonstrate which of the following forms of neural adaptation for learning?
a. changes in the dendrites of a postsynaptic neuron
b. generation of new neurons
c. social learning in groups
d. changes in the amount of chemicals released into synapses
Ans: D
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A) the puff of air B) the tone C) the time interval D) the blinking
Julie came home from the office early one day only to find her husband in bed with another woman. She became physically ill and the doctor told her it was “stress.” In Julie's case, stress was the:
A. stimulus B. response C. interaction D. none of the above
The __________ is divided into two hemispheres, left and right, which are connected by a band of neural fibers
a) cerebral cortex b) hypothalamus c) hippocampus d) thalamus