The Long-Lasting Increase in Efficiency of Neural Transmission at the Synapse

question 111

Multiple Choice

The long-lasting increase in efficiency of neural transmission at the synapse is called

• A) neural networking.
• B) transduction.
• C) Aplysia.
• D) long-term potentiation.

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Definitions:

Piaget's Theory

A developmental theory by Jean Piaget that outlines how children's abilities to think and reason develop through four stages from infancy to adolescence.

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Overregularization

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