New drivers learn to stop at red lights. This form of learning is ...

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New drivers learn to stop at red lights. This form of learning is ____________ learning.
 
  a. stimulus-response
  b. motor
  c. perceptual
  d. relational

Question 2

Explain what is meant by a place cell and discuss the role of these cells in spatial memory.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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Answer to Question 1

Answer: A

Answer to Question 2

Answer: The ability to navigate requires an intact hippocampus. H.M. had difficulties in spatial navigation. The firing rate of individual hippocampal cells was a function of the spatial location of the rat as it wandered around a maze. The external cues of the environment can control the firing rate of hippocampal cells, particularly of cells in the dorsal hippocampus (a key region for spatial navigation). The entorhinal cortex, which is an important input zone for the hippocampus, is also important for spatial navigation.