Chapter 13
Biological Psychology · 7 exercises
Problem 5
What is the difference between anterograde and retrograde amnesia?
3 step solution
Problem 9
If you learn a skill (e.g., predicting the weather) as a procedural habit, instead of learning the same skill as a declarative memory, how will the outcome differ?
5 step solution
Problem 10
On what kind of question is someone with Korsakoff's syndrome most likely to confabulate?
4 step solution
Problem 14
When serotonin blocks potassium channels on the presynaptic terminal, what is the effect on transmission?
4 step solution
Problem 15
Before LTP: In the normal state, what is the effect of glutamate at the AMPA receptors? At the NMDA receptors?
2 step solution
Problem 16
During the formation of LTP: When a burst of intense stimulation releases much more glutamate than usual at two or more incoming axons, what is the effect of the glutamate at the AMPA receptors? At the NMDA receptors? Which ions enter at the NMDA receptors?
3 step solution
Problem 17
After the neuron has gone through LTP: What is now the effect of glutamate at the AMPA receptors? At the NMDA receptors?
3 step solution