You Conduct a Single-Cell Recording Study of a Lateral Prefrontal

question 16

Multiple Choice

You conduct a single-cell recording study of a lateral prefrontal cortical cell while an animal performs a delayed-response task. Which of the following response profiles best matches the behavior of the cell if it is primarily involved in working memory function? (Each vertical line represents an action potential.)

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Definitions:

Expected Value

The long-run average value of repetitions of the experiment it represents, known in statistics as the mean of the probability distribution.

Sample Means

Sample Means are the averages calculated from a sample, used as estimates of the population mean.

Normally Distributed

A statistical distribution where data is symmetrically distributed around the mean, forming a bell-shaped curve.

Independent Samples

Samples in which the selection of individuals in one sample does not influence, or is not related to, the selection of individuals in another sample.