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Question 1

which brain areas are implicated in Patient K.C.’s inability to recall autobiographical details of his life from many years before his accident?

Answer 1

frontal and parietal cortex

Question 2

patient K.C.

Answer 2

has inability to recall autobiographical details from his life from before the accident

Question 3

place cells located:

Answer 3

in hippocampus

Question 4

place cells become active when:

Answer 4

animal moves through its spatial environment or toward particular location

Question 5

plastic changes at level of synapse: - ____ ____ that’s used ____ ____ can lead to ____ of synapses - synapse enlarges ____ - postsynaptic membrane becomes ____ ____ to transmitter

Answer 5

• neural circuit; more often; increase - presynaptically - more sensitive

Question 6

compared to animals placed in ____ conditions, animals kept in ____ conditions have heavier, thicker cortices

Answer 6

impoverished; enriched

Question 7

Compared to animals placed in impoverished conditions, animals kept in enriched conditions have heavier, thicker cortices. This is evidence for:

Answer 7

effect of experience and learning on brain plasticity

Question 8

After brief tetanus, ____ ____ ____ (____) response increases significantly and remains high. This greater responsiveness is called:

Answer 8

excitatory postsynaptic potential (EPSP); long-term potentiation (LTP)

Question 9

LTP

Answer 9

EPSP response increases significantly and remains high

Question 10

after tetanus there are ____ AMPA receptors, and these receptors are ____ effective, so synaptic response to glutamate is ____

Answer 10

more; more; strengthened

Question 11

biggest difference between sparse and distributed coding of memory:

Answer 11

number of neurons involved in storing info

Question 12

according to Cannon-Bard theory of emotions, emotional experience and autonomic response:

Answer 12

are simultaneously triggered by emotional stimuli

Question 13

evidence that challenges idea that specific emotions are linked to specific physical responses:

Answer 13

there’s no distinctive autonomic pattern for each separate emotion

Question 14

Following fear conditioning experiment in which tone was paired with shock, one animal shows freezing response upon hearing tone while second doesn’t. If you were informed that second animal had brain lesion, where would you predict it to be?

Answer 14

amygdala

Question 15

grabbing gun out of hand of assailant

Answer 15

behaviors expected in patient with bilateral damage to amygdala

Question 16

reaction considered “high road” response to bear appearing at your picnic:

Answer 16

grabbing pots and pans to make lots of noise

Question 17

cocaine and amphetamine both affect accumulation of neurotransmitter ____ in synapse

Answer 17

dopamine

Question 18

common feature of addictive drugs appears to be that they:

Answer 18

cause release of dopamine in nucleus accumbens

Question 19

opponent process theory of drug addiction: - there are ____ ____ that control our ____ ____ to avoid large ____ from baseline states - with ____ use of drug, pleasurable experience of drug is ____, and negative effects of ____ become more ____ - behavior is motivated by both seeking ____ experiences and avoiding ____ experiences

Answer 19

• homeostatic mechanisms; brain chemistry; deviations - repeated; diminished; withdrawal; prominent - rewarding; aversive

Question 20

rating his or her own fear reaction as low in response to a frightening clip

Answer 20

behaviors expected in patient with bilateral damage to amygdala

Question 21

absence of fear reaction in response to snakes and spiders

Answer 21

behaviors expected in patient with bilateral damage to amygdala