Which of the Following Is a Major Finding of the Jenkins

question 86

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a major finding of the Jenkins and colleagues PET study of motor learning?

• A) Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex was activated during well-practiced but not newly learned sequences.
• B) The cerebellum was more active during well-practiced than during newly learned sequences.
• C) Contralateral primary motor and somatosensory cortexes were activated during both well-practiced and newly learned sequences.
• D) all of the above
• E) both A and B

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Definitions:

Empiricist

A person or theory that emphasizes the role of sensory experience in the formation of ideas, arguing that knowledge comes primarily from experience.

Rene Descartes

A 17th-century French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist who is considered one of the founders of modern philosophy.

George Berkeley

George Berkeley was an Irish philosopher who advanced the theory of immaterialism, arguing that material objects exist only in the mind and through perception.

Classical Conditioning

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