Question

When the gill-withdrawal reflex of the sea snail aplysia has been successfully conditioned to a stimulus such as a squirt of water from a waterpik, observed changes in the neural circuit include: an increase in the number of synapses. a decrease in the number of synapses. cell death. neuron migration?

Answer 1

An increase in the number of synapses will happen when the gill-withdrawal reflex of the sea snail Aplysia has been successfully conditioned to a stimulus such as a squirt of water from a WaterPik, observed changes in the neural circuit. The term conditioning refers to learning associations between environmental events and behavioral responses.