Tom was knocked unconscious briefly during a game while playing ...

[torybrooks]

Tom was knocked unconscious briefly during a game while playing on his high schools football team. He does not remember much about the immediate circumstances leading to the injury. Why?
 
  a. There was insufficient time for memory storage in the cerebral cortex.
  b. He was motivated to forget the event because of its unpleasant nature.
  c. Synaptic consolidation of memories was interrupted by the head injury.
  d. There was insufficient time for memory storage in the hippocampus.

Question 2

Which of the following is the best description of interference?
 
  a. a decrease in the ability to remember a previously formed memory
  b. the reduction in ability to retrieve rarely used information over time
  c. a failure to retrieve negative or traumatic memories
  d. competition between newer and older information in memory

[katheyjon]

Answer to Question 1

ANSWER:
c

Answer to Question 2

ANSWER:
d

[torybrooks]

TYSM

[Mochi]

Excellent