Students in a biological psychology laboratory were investigating the ability of rats to form associations between tones and electrical shock. Lesions to which of the following structures would make it very difficult for the students to teach their rats to be afraid of the tones?
a. the nucleus accumbens
b. the amygdala
c. the substantia nigra
d. the hypothalamus
b
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
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a. H.M. b. P.F. c. Christopher Reeve d. Phineas Gage
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