Which of the Following Is True of the Neuroscience of Memory

question 50

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is true of the neuroscience of memory?

• A) In the process of long-term potentiation,memories become fixed and stable in long-term memory.
• B) The process called consolidation shows that certain neural pathways become easily excited while a new response is being learned.
• C) The initial encoding of information aided by the amygdala is passed along to the hippocampus,where it is actually stored.
• D) The engram is the physical memory trace in the brain that corresponds to a memory.

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