Neuroscience final

Which of the following animals is not able to learn immediately after birth?

none

Lesions of the _______ produce persistent sleep in animals.

reticular formation

Slow, large-amplitude waves are seen in the EEG records of people who are in

stage 3 or 4 SWS

A lesion of the reticular formation will result in a cortical EEG pattern of

sustained sleep

In humans, the overall weight of the brain begins to decline around age

30

When inactive, NMDA channels are blocked by molecules of

Mg2+

Fifty percent of sleep in the first two weeks of life is _______ sleep.

REM

Small-amplitude, high-frequency EEG patterns are seen in people who are in

REM sleep

The type of rhythmicity characterized by the regular, predictable onset of a particular behavior every six hours is called

Ultradian

H.M.'s operation involved removal not only of the hippocampus but also of the

amygdala

A diurnal animal is awake during the

daytime

A nocturnal animal is usually asleep during the

daytime

Evidence indicates that working memory for object recognition is related especially to the

extrastriate visual cortex.

Adult mice living in enriched conditions produce new neurons in the

hippocampus

The type of rhythmicity characterized by the regular, predictable onset of a particular behavior about once a month is called

infradian

Research indicates that emotional enhancement of memory

involves adrenergic stress hormones.

Which memory store holds the largest number of items?

long term memory

A major site of damage in Korsakoff's disease is the

mammillary bodies

Imaging studies indicate that the _______ play(s) an important role in learning sensorimotor skills.

motor cortex

The incidence of insomnia is greatest in _______ in general, and in both men and women in _______.

women; later stages of life