Which of the Following Examples Would Most Likely Lead to the Activation

question 62

Multiple Choice

Which of the following examples would most likely lead to the activation of a mirror neuron?

• A) Movements initiated on the contralateral (opposite) side of the body from the mirror neuron.
• B) Imagining one's own face with eyes closed.
• C) Anticipation of something frightening.
• D) Watching another person completing a task.

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Definitions:

Translocation

The movement of organic materials (dissolved food) in the phloem of a plant. Chromosome abnormality in which part of one chromosome has become attached to another. Part of the elongation cycle of protein synthesis in which a transfer RNA attached to the growing polypeptide chain is transferred from the A site to the P site.

Ribosome

Cellular organelles that synthesize proteins by translating mRNA sequences.

tRNA

Transfer RNA, a type of RNA molecule that helps decode a messenger RNA (mRNA) sequence into a protein during the process of translation.

Polyribosome

A complex consisting of a number of ribosomes attached to an mRNA during translation; also known as a polysome.