My cat always purrs when he eats his food. Each day, I use the can opener to open the cat food. After a while, I found that he purrs each time I use the can opener even if I’m not opening cat food. What happened?

Which type of memory is MOST impaired by damage to the hippocampus?

Sam has Korsakoff’s syndrome. When a friend asked what he had done the previous day, he couldn’t remember, so he made up a story about having gone to the park. Sam’s story is an example of

Which of the following words/phrases is NOT associated with the physical representation of learned information?

Procedural memory is most likely to be involved in

Caryn is enrolled in a research study to better understand the brain structures involved in psychological disorders. The researcher tells her that they will be scanning her brain to look for changes in the number of neurons in her prefrontal cortex and medial temporal lobe. What disorder is the researcher most likely studying?

What important information did we learn from H.M.?

Stephanie has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Which of these statements most likely describes her brain glucose metabolism rates?

Which category of antidepressant drugs acts by blocking the transporter proteins that reabsorb serotonin, dopamine, and norepinephrine into the presynaptic neuron after their release?

Which of the following correctly describes how stress affects the immune system?