As You Try to Remember All of the Types of Long-Term

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Multiple Choice

As you try to remember all of the types of long-term memory, you decide to use a mnemonic device. You take each type of memory and visualize it in a different place in your house. You are using ______, which takes advantage of ______.

• A)the method of placement; geographical memory
• B)the method of acronyms; rhyming
• C)the method of loci; dual coding
• D)the method of partial report; visual search
• E)the method of chunking; semantic cues

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Definitions:

Neurogenesis

The process of the formation of new neurons in the brain.

Split Brain

A condition resulting from surgery that isolates the brain’s two hemispheres by cutting the fibers (mainly those of the corpus callosum) connecting them.

Corpus Callosum

The large band of neural fibers connecting the two hemispheres of the brain, facilitating communication and coordination between them.

Somatosensory Cortex

A region of the brain located in the parietal lobe that processes sensory information from various parts of the body, such as touch, temperature, and pain.