The Most Likely Sensory Change Between Age 25 and 50

question 65

Multiple Choice

The most likely sensory change between age 25 and 50 would involve

• A)the loss of ability to taste sour foods.
• B)a diminished ability to experience pain.
• C)having trouble seeing things that are near.
• D)the inability to hear high-pitched sounds.

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Definitions:

Dorsal Thalamic Nucleus

Regions within the dorsal part of the thalamus in the brain, involved in sensory perception and regulation of motor functions.

Conditioned Response

A learned response to a previously neutral stimulus that has been repeatedly presented along with an unconditioned stimulus.

UCS

An abbreviation for "Unconditioned Stimulus," which in classical conditioning is a stimulus that naturally and automatically triggers a response without any prior learning.

CS

An abbreviation for Conditioned Stimulus, an initially neutral stimulus that, after being paired with an unconditioned stimulus, triggers a conditioned response.