Question

1. During sleep, memories stored in the ___ are moved to permanent storage in areas of the cortex

A. thalamus

B. hippocampus

C. suprachiasmatic nucleus

D. amygdala

2. What occurs during REM that should make sleepwalking impossible

A. your brain's motor cortex is active, but your brainstem blocks its messages

B. your brain's motor cortex is disabled but the brainstem is active

C. the thalamus blocks information from both the brainstem and motor cortex.

D. both the brain's motor cortex and brainstem are disabled

3.Which of the following is not a hypothesized reason as to why we need sleep?

A. sleep feeds creative thinking

B. sleep supports growth

C. Sleep helps to restore and rebuild our fading memories of the day's experience

D. sleep aids digestion

4. Jon is a participant in a sleep study. in the next room, the researcher sees on the EEG screen that Jon's brain is emitting large slow delta waves. What stage of sleep is Jon in?

A. REM

B. NREM-3

C. NREM-2

D. NREM-1

Answer 1

1. During sleep, memories stored in the ___ are moved to permanent storage in areas of the cortex

Answer B). Hippocampus

2. What occurs during REM that should make sleepwalking impossible

Answer B. your brain's motor cortex is disabled but the brainstem is active

3.Which of the following is not a hypothesized reason as to why we need sleep?

Answer C. Sleep helps to restore and rebuild our fading memories of the day's experience

4. Jon is a participant in a sleep study. in the next room, the researcher sees on the EEG screen that Jon's brain is emitting large slow delta waves. What stage of sleep is Jon in?

Answer B. NREM-3