Neurogenesis is stimulated within the ______ for tasks that involve relational learning.
a. amygdala
b. medial forebrain bundle
c. hypothalamus
d. nucleus accumbens
e. hippocampus
Question 2
The notion that episodic memories are distinct from semantic memories is supported by studies in which
a. damage to the amygdala impairs semantic but not episodic memory.
b. anoxia facilitates episodic memory but not semantic memory.
c. anoxia facilitates semantic memory but not episodic memory.
d. persons with semantic dementia show loss of the lateral temporal lobe but not the hippocampal formation.
e. hippocampal subjects had poor vocabulary skills but good recall of their daily conversations.