Dr Albert Conducts a Study in Which She First Trains

question 35

Multiple Choice

Dr. Albert conducts a study in which she first trains rats to run a maze. She then intentionally damages a particular portion of the rats' thalamus and observes the impact that this has on the rats' learning and performance in the maze. Dr. Albert's research is best characterized as an example of a:

• A) human lesion study.
• B) state-dependent memory task.
• C) brain imaging study.
• D) non-human animal lesion experiment.

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