Lassandra Takes a Sip of Cola

question 129

Multiple Choice

Lassandra takes a sip of cola."Sweet ...cold,wet,tingly ...slightly bitter," she reports.Lassandra is:

• A) interviewing
• B) suffering a stroke
• C) taking an intelligence test
• D) introspecting

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Definitions:

Long-term Potentiation

A long-lasting increase in signal transmission between two neurons that results from their simultaneous activation, often considered a cellular mechanism for learning and memory.

Deep Processing

A method of learning in which information is analyzed in a meaningful way as opposed to merely memorized.

Parallel Processing

The ability of the brain to simultaneously process incoming stimuli of differing quality, a key feature of neural network functioning.

State-dependent Memory

The phenomenon through which information learned in a particular state of mind (e.g., happy, sad, intoxicated) is more easily recalled when in the same state.