1. Some people find eating chocolate to be a very rewarding experience. Activation of which area of the brain explains the rewarding effects of chocolate?

A. the nucleus accumbens

2. Which of the following people has anterograde amnesia?

B. Shabnam, who cannot remember anything from the time of her car accident to the present.

3. Which of the following people is most likely to have damage to his or her hippocampi?

D. Richard, who often can't remember events that occurred only minutes before.

4. Almost all sensory input to the body passes through the _____ in the limbic system.

A. thalamus

5. When the nucleus accumbens is electrically stimulated in humans, the most common response is

A. sexual arousal.

6. If the amygdala is electrically stimulated in people, which of the following responses is most likely to occur?

B. They will become fearful and anxious.

7. In the dopamine circuit, the _____ stimulates the _____ when an individual experiences a rewarding stimulus.

C. ventral-tegmental area; nucleus accumbens

8. Which of the following people has retrograde amnesia?

C. Langidrik, who can remember only the last three days of his life and his first name.

9. Which of the following structures is most important in the development of emotional memories?

C. amygdala

10. Addictive behaviors are most closely associated with activity in the

A. dopamine circuit.

11. In humans, stimulation of the nucleus accumbens was once studied to determine if it could be used in the treatment of

C. depression.

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