Which of the following is true regarding place cells?
A. They are hardwired at birth.
B. They respond to an internal sense of location in space, but not to external location cues.
C. There are sufficient numbers of neurons to assign a place cell to every place you will ever encounter.
D. They each have a preferred location called a place field.
A. They are hardwired at birth.
B. They respond to an internal sense of location in space, but not to external location cues.
C. There are sufficient numbers of neurons to assign a place cell to every place you will ever encounter.
D. They each have a preferred location called a place field.
Regarding spatial learning, it has been found that:
A. rats can learn spatial layout even if they are not rewarded during learning.
B. wasps rely on an internal sense of direction, rather than environmental cues, to navigate to and from their nests.
C. conscious effort is required for people to learn spatial layout.
D. rats learn to navigate mazes primarily by learning a sequence of movements.
A. rats can learn spatial layout even if they are not rewarded during learning.
B. wasps rely on an internal sense of direction, rather than environmental cues, to navigate to and from their nests.
C. conscious effort is required for people to learn spatial layout.
D. rats learn to navigate mazes primarily by learning a sequence of movements.
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