Research with the Sea Snail Aplysia Has Demonstrated That

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Multiple Choice

Research with the sea snail Aplysia has demonstrated that:

• A) the sea snail's nervous system is too primitive to form memories.
• B) long-term potentiation is only possible in animals with more sophisticated and complex nervous systems.
• C) forming a new memory involves changes in both the function and structure of neurons.
• D) anterograde and retrograde amnesia involve fundamentally different neural circuits.

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