Karl Lashley Trained Rats to Solve a Maze and Then

question 33

Multiple Choice

Karl Lashley trained rats to solve a maze and then removed pieces of their cortexes. He observed that storage of their maze memories

• A) was restricted to their right cerebral hemispheres.
• B) was restricted to their left and right frontal lobes.
• C) was restricted to their left and right temporal lobes.
• D) was not restricted to specific regions of the cortex.

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Definitions:

Retrieval Failure

The inability to recall information that is stored in memory, suggesting that the memory is not lost but cannot be accessed.

Implicit Memory

A type of long-term memory that allows individuals to perform tasks without conscious awareness of these previous experiences.

Déjà Vu

The eerie and often unsettling feeling of having already experienced a current situation or event, despite it being seemingly new.

Misinformation Effect

The effect where an individual's memory of events becomes less precise due to information received after the event.