Recent Research on Memory, Based Largely on Fear Conditioning in Rats

question 28

Multiple Choice

Recent research on memory, based largely on fear conditioning in rats, indicates that

• A) fear conditioning is the most effective kind of conditioning for forming durable memories.
• B) memories are not susceptible to disruption once consolidation has occurred.
• C) when a memory is reactivated, it becomes capable of being changed or altered, just as it was immediately after it was formed.
• D) memory consolidation does not occur when animals are afraid of a stimulus.

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