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mynx

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Xandra is learning rapidly and storing new memories all the time. For her brain to store these memories, her neurons will have to ____.
 
  a. become myelinated
  b. form new synapses and change the function of existing synapses
  c. send stronger signals to the amygdala and hypothalamus
  d. increase the release of the neurotransmitter dopamine

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Oliver was in an auto accident and now has difficulty remembering anything new. He can remember everything prior to his accident, but nothing since it. His doctors suspect that his ____ has been damaged.
 
  a. hippocampus
  b. cerebral cortex
  c. thalamus
  d. amygdala


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todom5090

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Reply #1 on: Jun 19, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANSWER:
b

Answer to Question 2

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Reply 2 on: Jun 19, 2018
:D TYSM

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