You Have an Exam Coming Up and Have Been Studying

question 344

Multiple Choice

You have an exam coming up and have been studying for the past hour.You know that if you get a good night's rest it will aid your memory of what you have studied.Why is that?

• A) Sleep appears to reactivate recent experiences that are stored in the hippocampus and move them to permanent storage elsewhere in the cortex.
• B) Sleep allows resting neurons time to repair themselves and prunes unused connections in the brain.
• C) During sleep,the pituitary gland releases a human growth hormone that is necessary for muscle development.
• D) You are incorrect.Getting a good night's rest will not improve your memory of what you studied.

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