Which property of action potentials results in their ability to transmit information over long distances?
A. Action potentials are decremental.
B. Action potentials do not become smaller as they occur down the length of an axon.
C. Action potentials are graded.
D. Action potentials only occur if a threshold level of depolarization is reached.
Answer: B
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A. Parietal lobe B. Prefrontal cortex C. Temporal lobe D. Cingulate gyrus
When a group is making a decision, the option that is typically chosen is the one that is ____
a. ?the best possible outcome for each member in the group b. ?strongly supported by half of the group members and strongly opposed by the other half c. ?presented first during the discussion d. ?not strongly opposed by any of the group members
According to Jerre Levy, which of the following is true?
a. Some people with normal brains are left-brain dominated and others right-brain dominated. b. Educational practices can be designed that enhance either right-brain of left-brain performance. c. In normal people under normal circumstances, the functions of the left and right hemispheres of the brain are inseparable. d. Although a radical approach, split-brain preparations may benefit those with severe mental illness.
Memories are encoded and stored in a context. The idea that the context of a memory can serve as a cue to aid retrieval is known as
a. encoding specificity. b. transience. c. long-term potentiation. d. the TOT phenomenon. e. retrograde facilitation.