Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)

1. A person with only retrograde amnesia cannot remember aspects of his or her past but can form new memories
2. Sleep aids in memory by facilitating the consolidation of important—but not unimportant—information
3. Once consolidated, memories are relatively permanent fixtures in the brain
4. Memory reconsolidation primarily occurs each morning after we awaken from sleep
5. The amygdala is involved in the consolidation of emotional memories

1. TRUE
2. TRUE
3. FALSE
4. FALSE
5. TRUE

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If a new drug is developed that is a potent CB1 agonist, one would expect this drug to

a. produce a "high" similar to that of marijuana. b. repair memory in elderly dementia patients. c. erode the moral values of this country. d. suppress D2 receptors. e. produce conditioned aversion for the areas in which the drug is experienced.

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