Why Did Karl Lashley Fail to Uncover the Area of the Rat'sbrain

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Multiple Choice

Why did Karl Lashley fail to uncover the area of the rat'sbrain in which the memory trace of the maze was stored or located?

• A)Memory could not be studied with the relatively crude and simplistic methods that Lashley used in the early 1900s.
• B)A rat's memory for maze running is a classically conditioned response and is not localized in one area of the brain, such as the cortex or cerebellum.
• C)Lashley was looking in the cerebral cortex for the memory trace, when he should have been looking in the cerebellum.
• D)A rat's memory for maze running is not a single memory but a complex set of interrelated memories involving information from multiple senses and is distributed throughout the brain and not localized in the cortex.

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Definitions:

Method of Loci

A mnemonic device that involves visualizing items to be remembered in specific locations within an imaginary or real physical space.

Tip-of-the-tongue Phenomenon

The frustrating experience of being unable to fully recall a word or name, while feeling that retrieval is imminent.

Retrieval-delay Syndrome

This term does not have a widely recognized definition in psychology or medicine -- NO.

Pseudoamnesia Phenomenon

A false or feigned inability to remember past events, often due to psychological factors.