According to the Text, Physical Exercise in Late Adulthood Encourages

question 249

Multiple Choice

According to the text, physical exercise in late adulthood encourages the birth of new neurons in areas responsible for learning and memory. In other words, exercise facilitates _____ in the _____.

• A)neurogenesis; amygdala
• B)neurogenesis; hippocampus
• C)synaptogenesis; amygdala
• D)synaptogenesis; hippocampus

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Definitions:

Observational Learning

A learning process through watching the behaviors of others and the outcomes of those behaviors, not through direct experience.

Spark

Typically refers to a small but bright flash of fire or electricity, often used metaphorically to describe the initiation or inspiration of something.

Spontaneous Recovery

The reappearance of a previously extinguished response in the absence of further conditioning.

Extinct

A term describing a species, family, or larger group of organisms that no longer exists anywhere on Earth.