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jilianpiloj

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Which of the statements about the engram is false?
 
  a) The engram is a location in the brain that is responsible for storing memories.
  b) Lesioning rat brains was done by Lashley in an attempt to find the engram.
  c) Research involving the engram led to the formulation of the laws of mass action and equipotentiality.
  d) The engram is a hypothetical word to describe the location of stored
  memories.
  e) Lashley did not find a single area responsible for producing behavior

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Wilder Penfield devised a technique for stimulating the cortex of his patients while they were awake. Because his patients were able to communicate the sensations they could feel during the procedure,
 
  it led to the development of a sensory and motor map called
 
  a) the somatotropic map.
  b) the sensory homunculus.
  c) the postcentral map.
  d) the somatosensory homunculus.
  e) the sensory funiculus


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patma1981

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Reply #1 on: Jun 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: A

Answer to Question 2

Answer: D


jilianpiloj

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Reply 2 on: Jun 22, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)

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:D TYSM

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