Author Question: Xandra is learning rapidly and storing new memories all the time. For her brain to store these ... (Read 49 times)

mynx · **on:** Jun 19, 2018

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

Question 2

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