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What is short-term memory?
What is short-term memory?
- Memory that lasts for a few days
- Memory that lasts for a few weeks
- Memory that lasts for a few seconds to a couple of minutes (correct)
- Memory that lasts for a few hours
What is the process called when two neurons communicate repeatedly, increasing the efficiency of communication between them?
What is the process called when two neurons communicate repeatedly, increasing the efficiency of communication between them?
- Long term potentiation (correct)
- Short term memory
- Long term memory
- Short term potentiation
What is the role of the hippocampus in memory formation?
What is the role of the hippocampus in memory formation?
- Stores information in long-term memory
- Converts experiences into electrical energy
- Transfers information from short-term memory to long-term memory (correct)
- Communicates with neurons throughout the brain
This process allows for the efficiency of communication between neurons to increase, it is called ______ term potentiation
This process allows for the efficiency of communication between neurons to increase, it is called ______ term potentiation
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Memories are transferred from short-term to long-term memory through areas such as the ______.
Memories are transferred from short-term to long-term memory through areas such as the ______.
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When we experience something, the information first lands in ______ term memory before being transferred to long-term memory.
When we experience something, the information first lands in ______ term memory before being transferred to long-term memory.
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