Practise explaining how myelin changes impulse speed and how serotonin, dopamine and acetylcholine connect neural transmission to mood, reward, memory and movement.
Jackie has been chosen for the lead role in the school play. She is both nervous and excited about this
opportunity.
Part A
Explain how each of the following concepts may help her performance in the play.
- Context-dependent memory
- Acetylcholine
- Kinesthetic sense
Acetylcholine
Point 2: Acetylcholine
Responses must link acetylcholine's role in memory, learning, muscle movement, emotion, arousal, or calming to
a positive practice-/performance-related outcome.
- Score: "Jackie's acetylcholine allows her to remember when she needs to say particular lines during the
play."
- Score: "Acetylcholine allows Jackie to move easily from one position to another on the stage."
Note: Responses need not identify ACh as a neurotransmitter or chemical. However, responses that
mischaracterize ACh as a drug, hormone, brain part, neuron, etc., do NOT score the point.