Multiple Choice Answer Review Flashcards
Rehearsal works best to encode information
when it is used to link new information with existing knowledge and ideas
elaborative is to______ as maintenance is to ________-
association, repetition
people with trul exception memories
generay have learned techniques for organizing information
How can humans recognize over 10k different odors when we only have a few hundred types of receptors
Different oderants attach to different combination of receptors
A complex sound like speech or music
causes many different parts of the basilar membrane to flex simultaneously
sensory homunculus in primary somatosensory cortex
overrepreesnts some parts of the body and under represents others
for axons involved in anatomical coding of pitch, pitch is signaled by
which neurons fire and the amount of neurotransmitter substance released into the synapse dictates loudness
What cause colour vision
result of the relative firing of cone receptors
for light waves amplitdue is to ________ as wavelength is to________
brightness, colour
what contributes to our sense of depth perception
size of objects
occlusion
retinal disparity
gestalt law of similarity predicts that
similar elements are perceptualy grouped together
how do your EEG wave patterns change as you go to sleep
Beta, alpha, delta
if a drug increases the rate of reuptake
diminsh the effects of the neurotransmitter
which structure is often described as being the relay system in the brain
thalamus b
broca’s aphasia:
frontal area, difficulty with production
