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1. Declarative memory is _ and nondeclarative memory is ___.

Knowing what ;knowing how

Knowing how ;knowing what

Knowing what ;knowing what

Knowing how ; knowing how

Answer

Correct Answer: Knowing what ;knowing how

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2. Damage to the prefrontal cortex is most likely to result in ____.

an inability to move

The loss of somatosensory experiences

Poorly planned movements

No effect on movement

Answer

Correct Answer: Poorly planned movements

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3. Damage to the ________ would be expected to disrupt the integration of fear.

Thalamus

Medial hypothalamus

Orbitofrontal cortex

Amygdala

Answer

Correct Answer: Amygdala

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4. Damage to the ____ impairs the ability to organize smooth sequences of activities.

Premotor cortex

Prefrontal cortex

Supplementary motor cortex

Tabes dorsalis

Answer

Correct Answer: Supplementary motor cortex

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5. Increasing the amount of myelination _______.

Increases the time between action potentials

Increases the time between action potentials only for small-diameter axons

Decreases the time between action potentials

Has no effect on the time between action potentials

Answer

Correct Answer: Decreases the time between action potentials

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6. The left hemisphere processes information in a(n) _____________ manner.

Analytic

Central

Cerebrum

Hearing

Answer

Correct Answer: Analytic

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7. A key distinction is that parkinson's disease , whereas huntington's disease .

Symptoms can be cured with drug treatment or surgery; symptoms can be treated with drugs

Usually occurs in the twenties and thirties; almost always occurs in the fifties and sixties

Is characterized by a poverty of movement; is characterized by uncontrollable ones

Is a hereditary disorder; does not usually have genetic origins

Symptoms cannot be treated; symptoms can be cured with drug treatment or surgery

Answer

Correct Answer: Is characterized by a poverty of movement; is characterized by uncontrollable ones

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8. A ________ is a thin slice of brain used in histology.

Cell fragment

Brain cut

Section

Horizontal view

Answer

Correct Answer: Section

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9. When the calcium was removed from the extracellular solution, _______.

No neurotransmitter was released

The amount of neurotransmitter released decreased

The amount of neurotransmitter released increased

The amount of neurotransmitter released did not change

Answer

Correct Answer: No neurotransmitter was released

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10. Longer stimuli will allow for _______.

The absolute refractory period to finish

More action potentials to occur, the absolute refractory period to finish and the relative refractory period to finish

The relative refractory period to finish

More action potentials to occur

Answer

Correct Answer: More action potentials to occur

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11. The anterior auditory stream involved in ________.

Sound localization.

Analysis of musical tunes.

Analysis of timbre.

Complex sound analysis.

Answer

Correct Answer: Complex sound analysis.

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12. The adult human brain contains almost ________ of the body's neural tissue.

15 percent

5 percent

68 percent

97 percent

35 percent

Answer

Correct Answer: 97 percent

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13. _ are _ neurons that react when an edge/outline is present in the proximal environment.

Border cells; entorhinal

Entorhinal cortex.

Learning to swing a golf club

Impair instrumental conditioning.

Answer

Correct Answer: Border cells; entorhinal

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14. Research has demonstrated a link between depression and atrophy and cell loss in the ___________.

Hippocampus

Medulla oblongata

Hypothalamus

Pons.

Answer

Correct Answer: Hippocampus

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15. Binding of the neurotransmitter to its receptor causes the membrane to __________.

Either depolarize or hyperpolarize

Voltage-gated calcium channels

Receptors for these chemical messengers

None of the above

Answer

Correct Answer: Either depolarize or hyperpolarize

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16. The primary difference between an epsp and an action potential is that ____.

EPSPs are subthreshold events that decay over time and space.

EPSPs increase the frequency.

The opening of sodium channels

The combined effects of EPSPs and IPSPs

Answer

Correct Answer: EPSPs are subthreshold events that decay over time and space.

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17. The nmda receptor controls and is normally blocked by .

We are unable to talk about implicit memories

Recall events that occurred prior to the brain injury

Declarative memory; explicit memory

A calcium channel; magnesium ions

Answer

Correct Answer: A calcium channel; magnesium ions

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18. Mirror neurons are active when ____.

Poorly planned movements

Difficulty initiating movements

Watching others perform movements

It kills the neurons that release dopamine.

Answer

Correct Answer: Watching others perform movements

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19. Memory for general principles and skills required to perform a task is called __________ memory.

Complex.

Reference.

Working.

Place.

Inclusive.

Answer

Correct Answer: Reference.

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20. The eye muscles can be moved with greater precision than the biceps muscles because ____.

Biceps have only slow-twitch muscles

Biceps have only fast-twitch muscles

Biceps are opposed by an antagonistic muscle; the eye muscles are not

Eye muscles have a lower ratio of muscle fibers to axons

Answer

Correct Answer: Eye muscles have a lower ratio of muscle fibers to axons

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21. Associative long-term potentiation requires occur about the same time as .

Nucleus accumbens; when men view pictures of beautiful women

Increased protein synthesis within the postsynaptic dendrite

A drug such as AP5 that blocks NMDA receptors

Block the acquisition of a conditioned emotional response.

Activation of a strong input to a given synapse to; a weak input is activated

Answer

Correct Answer: Activation of a strong input to a given synapse to; a weak input is activated

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22. The region on the neuron where action potentials are generated is called the ______.

Threshold voltage

Hyperpolarized

Trigger zone

Medullary region

Answer

Correct Answer: Trigger zone

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23. The time interval between action potentials is called the _______.

Potential frequency

Threshold interval

Interspike interval

Threshold frequency

Answer

Correct Answer: Interspike interval

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24. In the presence of lidocaine, the action potential was not affected at r1 because _______.

Lidocaine was applied downstream of R1

There are no voltage-gated sodium channels to be affected

Lidocaine doesn't have an effect on the generation of action potentials

Lidocaine was applied upstream of R1

Answer

Correct Answer: Lidocaine was applied downstream of R1

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25. In this simulation, ___________________ will be used to stimulate the axon.

Voltage

Lidocaine

Axon

Leakage

Answer

Correct Answer: Voltage

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26. In this activity, the stimulus voltage used was _______.

Potassium is flowing into the cell.

Calcium is flowing out the cell.

Sodium is flowing out of the cell.

Altered to accommodate the structural differences

Answer

Correct Answer: Altered to accommodate the structural differences

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27. In a neuron, during the depolarization phase that may trigger an action potential _____.

Some voltage-gated sodium channels are open

Long it takes for the voltage-gated Na+ channels to reactive

They are pumped by proteins that require ATP hydrolysis

After the first channel opens, the movement of many types of ions charges near

Answer

Correct Answer: Some voltage-gated sodium channels are open

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28. The olfactory bulbs of the sheep ________.

A reflex arc

Are relatively larger than humans

Several axons in the central nervous system

Autonomic reflex

Answer

Correct Answer: Are relatively larger than humans

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29. Long-term potentiation is associated with the movement of __ to the _.

AMPA

PKN-zeta

PKM-zeta

Glutamate

Answer

Correct Answer: AMPA

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30. Electrical stimulation of the ________ is reinforcing to rats.

Ventral tegmental area

Behavioral economics

To predict the outcome of behaviors

Operant conditioning

Answer

Correct Answer: Ventral tegmental area

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31. The ability to focus and maintain an image on the retina is referred to as _____ of the eye.

Accommodation

Visual preference method

Sucking reflex

Macular degeneration

Answer

Correct Answer: Accommodation

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32. The receptor potential is generated at the _______.

Conducting region

Receiving region

Secretory region

Output region

Answer

Correct Answer: Receiving region

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33. The membranes of neurons at rest are very permeable to _ but only slightly permeable to _.

K+; Na+

K+; Cl-

Na+; Cl-

Na+; K+

Answer

Correct Answer: K+; Na+

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34. The layer of photoreceptors and other neurons at the back of the eye is called the _____________.

Iris

Retina

Cochlea

Optic nerve

Answer

Correct Answer: Retina

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35. Memories for a stimulus or an event can be retained in , which lasts for .

Short-term memory; a few seconds

Prefrontal cortex; mesolimbic

The entorhinal cortex; the amygdala

Answer

Correct Answer: Short-term memory; a few seconds

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36. The ________ plays a key role in short-term memory for all sensory systems.

A drug such as AP5 that blocks NMDA receptors.

Prefrontal cortex

Medial forebrain bundle.

Anterolateral temporal lobe

Answer

Correct Answer: Prefrontal cortex

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37. Associative long-term potentiation reflects increased produced by changes in .

Calcium entry; NMDA receptors

Medial forebrain bundle

Block the formation of long-term potentiation

Block the acquisition of a conditioned emotional response.

Answer

Correct Answer: Calcium entry; NMDA receptors

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38. Cerebellum is to as basal ganglia are to .

clumsy; paralysis

Initiation; stopping

Gross muscle function; fine motor coordination

Timing; voluntary movements

Answer

Correct Answer: Timing; voluntary movements

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39. Inhibitory is to excitatory what _ is to _.

GABA; glutamate

Afferent; efferent

Recalling information

Myelin sheath

Answer

Correct Answer: GABA; glutamate

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40. The parasympathetic nervous system is to _ as the sympathetic nervous system is to _.

Sensory neurons

Glands; hormones.

Hormones;neurons

Energy conservation; energy consumption

Answer

Correct Answer: Energy conservation; energy consumption

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41. To reach threshold, the amount of sodium _______.

The number of action potentials increases

No change to the action potential

Increases the frequency of action potentials

Entering the cell must overcome the potassium exiting

Decreases the time between action potentials

Answer

Correct Answer: Entering the cell must overcome the potassium exiting

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42. Computerized axial tomography creates an image from ____.

X-rays.

EEG.

Temporal lobe

Phrenology

Answer

Correct Answer: X-rays.

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43. The prefrontal cortex ____.

Responds to lights

Noises

Other signals for a movement.

All of these

Answer

Correct Answer: All of these

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44. Each neuron is connected to __________ other neurons.

Relay

Keep quiet

Hold

Retain

Answer

Correct Answer: Relay

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45. Damage to the ________ would most likely be fatal.

Frontal lobe

Alpha waves

In non rem sleep

Hippocampus

Limbic system

Answer

Correct Answer: Hippocampus

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46. An axon that is more negative than the resting membrane potential is said to be _______.

Depolarized

Hyperpolarized

At threshold

Graded

Answer

Correct Answer: Hyperpolarized

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1. Declarative memory is _______ and nondeclarative memory is _________.

2. Damage to the prefrontal cortex is most likely to result in ____.

3. Damage to the ________ would be expected to disrupt the integration of fear.

4. Damage to the ____ impairs the ability to organize smooth sequences of activities.

5. Increasing the amount of myelination _______.

6. The left hemisphere processes information in a(n) _____________ manner.

7. A key distinction is that parkinson's disease ________, whereas huntington's disease ________.

8. A ________ is a thin slice of brain used in histology.

9. When the calcium was removed from the extracellular solution, _______.

10. Longer stimuli will allow for _______.

11. The anterior auditory stream involved in ________.

12. The adult human brain contains almost ________ of the body's neural tissue.

13. _______ are _______ neurons that react when an edge/outline is present in the proximal environment.

14. Research has demonstrated a link between depression and atrophy and cell loss in the ___________.

15. Binding of the neurotransmitter to its receptor causes the membrane to __________.

16. The primary difference between an epsp and an action potential is that ____.

17. The nmda receptor controls ________ and is normally blocked by ________.

18. Mirror neurons are active when ____.

19. Memory for general principles and skills required to perform a task is called __________ memory.

20. The eye muscles can be moved with greater precision than the biceps muscles because ____.

21. Associative long-term potentiation requires ________ occur about the same time as ________.

22. The region on the neuron where action potentials are generated is called the ______.

23. The time interval between action potentials is called the _______.

24. In the presence of lidocaine, the action potential was not affected at r1 because _______.

25. In this simulation, ___________________ will be used to stimulate the axon.

26. In this activity, the stimulus voltage used was _______.

27. In a neuron, during the depolarization phase that may trigger an action potential _____.

28. The olfactory bulbs of the sheep ________.

29. Long-term potentiation is associated with the movement of ________ to the _______.

30. Electrical stimulation of the ________ is reinforcing to rats.

31. The ability to focus and maintain an image on the retina is referred to as _____ of the eye.

32. The receptor potential is generated at the _______.

33. The membranes of neurons at rest are very permeable to _____ but only slightly permeable to _____.

34. The layer of photoreceptors and other neurons at the back of the eye is called the _____________.

35. Memories for a stimulus or an event can be retained in ________, which lasts for ________.

36. The ________ plays a key role in short-term memory for all sensory systems.

37. Associative long-term potentiation reflects increased ________ produced by changes in ________.

38. Cerebellum is to ____ as basal ganglia are to ____.

39. Inhibitory is to excitatory what _____ is to _____.

40. The parasympathetic nervous system is to _____ as the sympathetic nervous system is to _____.

41. To reach threshold, the amount of sodium _______.

42. Computerized axial tomography creates an image from ____.

43. The prefrontal cortex ____.

44. Each neuron is connected to __________ other neurons.

45. Damage to the ________ would most likely be fatal.

46. An axon that is more negative than the resting membrane potential is said to be _______.

1. Declarative memory is _ and nondeclarative memory is ___.

7. A key distinction is that parkinson's disease , whereas huntington's disease .

13. _ are _ neurons that react when an edge/outline is present in the proximal environment.

17. The nmda receptor controls and is normally blocked by .

21. Associative long-term potentiation requires occur about the same time as .

29. Long-term potentiation is associated with the movement of __ to the _.

33. The membranes of neurons at rest are very permeable to _ but only slightly permeable to _.

35. Memories for a stimulus or an event can be retained in , which lasts for .

37. Associative long-term potentiation reflects increased produced by changes in .

38. Cerebellum is to as basal ganglia are to .

39. Inhibitory is to excitatory what _ is to _.

40. The parasympathetic nervous system is to _ as the sympathetic nervous system is to _.