Explain the effect that long-term potentiations have on the nervous system and on memories
What will be an ideal response?
Long-term potentiation, or LTP, refers to changes in the structure and function of neurons after they have been repeatedly stimulated. When researchers chemically or genetically blocked the occurrence of LTP in sea snails or mice, these animals could not learn a classically conditioned response or a maze.
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- Multiphonic, melody
- A single, melody
- Multiphonic, chord
- A single, chord
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A. genetic. B. environmental. C. brain abnormalities. D. all of these are correct
Our tendency to see objects as relatively stable and unchanging despite changing sensory information is called perceptual ______
a. closure c. reversibility b. constancy d. coherency