Which of the Following Statements About the Role of Neurons

question 209

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about the role of neurons in long-term memory is TRUE?

• A)Research with Aplysia has demonstrated that the formation of a new memory is accompanied by distinct functional, but not structural, changes in the neurons.
• B)Research has shown that rats, chicks, and rabbits show changes in neurons in response to learning that are similar to the changes that have been shown to occur in Aplysia.
• C)Research with Aplysia has demonstrated that the formation of a new memory is accompanied by distinct structural, but not functional, changes in the neurons.
• D)Psychologist Karl Lashley first suggested the idea of long-term potentiation in the 1920s, but as yet, there is still no direct evidence that this process takes place when a new memory is formed.