Excessive Senile Plaques and Neurofibrillary Tangles in the Brains of People

question 98

Multiple Choice

Excessive senile plaques and neurofibrillary tangles in the brains of people with Alzheimer's disease are likely due to:

• A) increased dopamine and serotonin activity.
• B) abnormal beta-amyloid and tau protein activity.
• C) exposure to toxic chemicals from one's environment.
• D) cerebrovascular damage caused by high blood pressure.

Recognize the role of attention, both sustained and divided, in the process of encoding information.

Understand the theoretical framework of the Atkinson-Shiffrin model and the concept of chunking in memory processing.

Understand the differences between sensory memory, short-term memory, and long-term memory.

Identify strategies to improve memory recall such as chunking and rehearsal.

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