Kandel and Colleagues Stimulated the Tail of an Aplysia with a Mild

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Multiple Choice

Kandel and colleagues stimulated the tail of an Aplysia with a mild electric shock, which caused contraction of its gill. They then successfully produced a long-term memory in the Aplysia by demonstrating that gill contraction speed changed:

• A)after a second tail stimulation conducted a few seconds after the first stimulation.
• B)after a single tail stimulation conducted days after repeated stimulations.
• C)after a second tail stimulation conducted days after the first stimulation.
• D)with each successive tail stimulation conducted seconds apart.

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