The Focus on Neuroscience Feature "Assembling Memories: Echoes and Reflections

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Multiple Choice

The Focus on Neuroscience feature "Assembling Memories: Echoes and Reflections of Perception" describes a study in which participants first memorized labels for common objects, such as "dog," that were paired with either a picture or a sound, and then were later asked to retrieve the memory. What was the overall conclusion of the study?

• A) Retrieving the memory of a sensory stimulus activates a subset of the same brain areas that were involved in initially perceiving the sensory stimulus.
• B) The memory trace for memories associated with pictures is more permanent than the memory trace for memories associated with sounds.
• C) Visual memories are localized, but auditory memories are distributed.
• D) Remembering a sensory stimulus involves different brain regions than perceiving a sensory stimulus.

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