Which one of the following best describes psychologists' current beliefs about the brain and learning?
a. Learning involves changes in synapses and possibly also involves the growth of new neurons and astrocytes.
b. Large doses of certain vitamins promote brain growth and lead to more rapid learning.
c. Left-hemisphere-dominant individuals are, on average, more effective learners than right-hemisphere-dominant individuals.
d. The brains of rapid learners are about 20 larger than the brains of slower learners.
Question 2
Jacob is suffering from a mild case of flu and, as a result, is feeling a bit nauseous. He decides that he needs to eat something to keep up his strength, so he gets out of bed, puts on a heavy sweater to keep himself warm, heats up a bowl of leftover chili, and settles down in an easy chair to watch a television game show while he eats. A few days later, after Jacob has recovered from the flu, one of the stimuli in the situation just described elicits a feeling of nausea. With the phenomenon of associative bias in mind, choose the stimulus that is most likely to elicit nausea.
a. The sweater
b. The chili
c. The easy chair
d. The television game show
PET scan of the brain in a patient with Alzheimer’s disease.
Spiny Dogfish Shark Brain
Basic brain diagram
A Midsagittal View of the Brain and Part of the Spinal Cord
Basic anatomy of the brain.
The locations in the rat brain of the ventromedial hypothalamus and the lateral hypothalamus.