Which Statement Has Been Viewed as Evidence of an Error-Correction

question 33

Multiple Choice

Which statement has been viewed as evidence of an error-correction mechanism in the brain?

• A) The hippocampus is highly active during conditioning.
• B) Activity in the inferior olive is high at the start of training and diminishes with successive trials.
• C) Blocking occurs when the connection from the inferior olive to the interpositus nucleus is disabled.
• D) People with cerebellar damage have difficulty learning a CR.

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Definitions:

Constructivism

A philosophical viewpoint suggesting that humans construct meaning rather than discovering a pre-existing truth.

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First-order Cybernetics

A theory that examines systems and their self-regulating processes through feedback loops, without considering the observer's impact.