Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
1. Patient HM developed anterograde amnesia due to brain trauma from a near-fatal automobile accident
2. A person with only retrograde amnesia cannot remember aspects of his or her past but can form new memories
3. Sleep aids in memory by facilitating the consolidation of important—but not unimportant—information
4. Once consolidated, memories are relatively permanent fixtures in the brain
5. Memory reconsolidation primarily occurs each morning after we awaken from sleep
1. False
2. True
3. True
4. False
5. False
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a. Two out of three college students drink alcohol at least once a month. b. One out of five college students in the U.S. engage in binge drinking. c. Those who begin drinking early and who binge drink are at higher risk for later alcoholism than those who do not. d. Students who are more strongly committed to academic achievement are less likely to engage in binge drinking. e. Beer drinking and drinking games are a serious concern for college officials because they place students at risk of coma or death from alcohol overdose.
Neurons differ most strongly from other body cells in their ____
a. temperature b. shape c. osmotic pressure d. mitochondria
Suppose that you are taking a course in geometry. You are trying to determine whether two geometric shapes are identical, so you mentally rotate one of the figures in a clockwise fashion. You are likely to find that
a. you will not be very accurate in this task, because mental imagery is very poor for geometric figures. b. you will take more time than if you had to rotate the figure in a 3-dimensional plane (e.g., away from you). c. you will rotate the figure more quickly than if you had to rotate it in a counterclockwise fashion. d. you will take longer to rotate it 120? than 40?.
A therapist teaches an individual to decrease autonomic arousal by breathing deeply in a slow rhythmic fashion. This type of breathing is referred to as ____________ breathing
a. diaphragmatic b. focused c. systematic d. progressive