When Watching Someone Perform a Behavior, Cells in the Motor

question 277

Multiple Choice

When watching someone perform a behavior, cells in the motor cortex become active.These cells are known as:

• A)mimic neurons
• B)optical neurons
• C)mirror neurons
• D)osmotic neurons

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Definitions:

Anterograde Amnesia

A condition in which the ability to create new memories after the event that caused the amnesia is lost, leaving the past memories intact.

Retrograde Amnesia

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Nonsense Syllables

A set of syllables without meaning, used in psychological experiments to study memory and learning processes.

Nonsense Syllables

A methodological tool used in cognitive research consisting of strings of letters that do not follow grammar rules or produce meaningful words, used to study memory processes.