Ever since the beginning of the school year, Jason has spent 30 minutes every afternoon drilling Joshua, his younger brother who is in the fourth grade, on basic multiplication and division problems. Three months later, Joshua responds almost instantly with the answer to basic multiplication and division problems. Considering what you've read in Chapter 6 on the biological basis of memory, which of the following has probably happened to Joshua?
A)State-dependent retrieval has occurred.
B)Structural and functional changes have occurred in the specific neurons involved in his new memories.
C)The repeated practice sessions successfully blocked long-term potentiation and promoted memory consolidation of the new information.
D)Imagination inflation has reversed the course of normal forgetting.

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By spending 30 minutes every afternoon drilling basic multiplication and division problems, Jason has likely induced structural and functional changes in the specific neurons involved in Joshua's new memories, leading to the development of new neural pathways and improved memory consolidation. This process is referred to as synaptic plasticity, which enables the brain to adapt and learn new information. State-dependent retrieval, blocking long-term potentiation, and imagination inflation are not relevant to this scenario.

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