After three-month-old Sayuri watches her father stick out his tongue, she sticks out her own tongue, too. It is likely that ________ are involved in Sayuri's learning and imitation of this behavior.
A. tactile neurons
B. olfactory neurons
C. leukocyte neurons
D. mirror neurons
Answer: D
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a. the type of food that was available during the study. b. the amount of food that was consumed. c. the color of the room. d. how hungry the participants were at the end of the study.
If a sample is not representative of the population, then _____
a. respondents will probably not answer the survey questions b. the results cannot be generalized to the population c. any causes that could have been identified by the study will remain hidden. d. a case study should be used to determine cause-effect relationships instead
We would expect that __________ would block the induction of LTP in the hippocampus.
A. a drug that blocks NMDA receptors B. using high-frequency electrical pulses C. a drug that inactivates NMDA receptors D. a drug that blocks GABA receptors
In an experiment by Simon and Chabris (1999), participants were to watch people passing a basketball around, and were told to keep track of some activity within the game
What was the distinctive feature of the scene and and what proportion of people failed to notice it? a) During the game, a person in a gorilla suit walked into and out of the scene; almost no one failed to notice. b) During the game, a person in a gorilla suit walked into and out of the scene; nearly half failed to notice. c) A person in a gorilla suit was one of the ball passers; almost no one failed to notice. c) A person in a gorilla suit was one of the ball passers; nearly half failed to notice.