To Help Understand How Neurons Change in Response to the Formation

question 150

Multiple Choice

To help understand how neurons change in response to the formation of a new memory, researchers have extensively studied:

• A)the sea snail Aplysia.
• B)undergraduate psychology students.
• C)dolphins.
• D)a man known by the initials H. M.

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Definitions:

Motivated Forgetting

A theoretical concept suggesting that people may forget unwanted information, either consciously or unconsciously, as a defense mechanism.

Time Decay

The reduction in value of an option or other derivative as the expiration date approaches.

Retroactive Interference

A phenomenon where newly learned information interferes with the recall of previously learned information.

Proactive Interference

The tendency for previously learned material to hinder subsequent learning.