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    Brain

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    If each of the following brain parts individually was damaged‚ what would be the consequence and why? Hippocampus‚ hypothalamus‚ cerebellum‚ reticular formation‚ medulla Hippocampus is important for forming lasting memories. The hippocampus lies inside the temporal lobes‚ which is why stimulating the temporal lobes can produce memory like or dream like experiences. Hippocampus damage can result in anterograde amnesia which is the loss of ability to form new memories. Someone who sustains an

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    variables * Provide methods to get and set these variables * Create another class TestPizza * Initialize an instance of the class Pizza * Set the fields of the instance with a value * Output those fields with the use of getter functions

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    The Behaving Brain: Video Response The video put the chapter into visual perspective for me in terms of learning about our brain structure and it’s different parts. The video describes the three important jobs our neurons do: receive information from other cells‚ process information‚ and transmit it to the rest of the body. Without our neurons we would have no brain activity. All behavior begins with an action from a neuron. First the brain gathers information from the receptors and spread it

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    The brain itself requires extremely fast speeds to operate at even at the simplest level. How do the biological tissues of our body support such rapid coordination of the brain‚ limbs‚ and sensory input? They do so with nervous system tissue that imitates electrical wiring. A series of photomicrographs and schematic illustrations show myelinated nerve fibers. Panel A is an illustration of a single neuron with major structures labeled. Panel B is an illustration of a cross section of a neuron that

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    Neuroscience Questions for Brave New Brain‚ Chapter 4 by Nancy C. Andreasen Read this packet carefully & completely. The reading is very long‚ complex & detailed. Consider it a primer reading to help you study the brain. As you read feel free to highlight or underline the actual text as needed. These study questions are to help you key in on what is important. Be sure to answer each question fully and completely. I expect you to TYPE the answers. You may find it easier to save a copy from

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    What Would You Do? Episode __ : Helping the Homeless I. Relate the video to conscience Conscience‚ as defined by the Merriam – Webster Dictionary‚ is “the part of the mind that makes you aware of your actions as being either morally right or wrong”. It’s that tiny voice inside your head that tells you if what you’re about to do‚ what you’re doing or what you’ve done is essentially right or not. A lot of people nowadays tend to ignore this for fear of being ridiculed or judged by other people‚ even

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    Biology – Assignment One Cells. Question One Explain the roles of the main components and features of a cell to the cell function. A typical animal cell is rounded in shape‚ surrounded by a cell membrane. This holds in the cytoplasm‚ which contains other structures such as the nucleus‚ ribosomes‚ and mitochondria. Each cell has tiny structures inside called organelles; each type of organelle performs a particular function. For example there are mitochondria (power stations)‚ ribosomes (protein

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    Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University Character Recognition – Single Neuron WRCI 411 – Assignment 1 RXXXXX XXXXXX - 2100XXXX August 2013 RXXXXX XXXXXX – s2100XXXX WRCI 411 – Assignment 1 August 2013 Contents List of Figures and Tables ........................................................................................................................ 1 Figures ..............................................................................................................

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    go shopping. when I go shopping I buy lots of clothes from topshop and some new shoes‚ but it is nearly Christmas so I am saving up for Christmas presents for my family. 2. no‚ i do not have a little job because i do not have time to work and i am too young. but if i could‚ i would like to have a little job on Saturday evenings‚ in a restaurant being a waitress. Then i could earn my own pocket money. 3. (yes‚ last summer I had a job as a waitress‚ I cooked food and served it to customers. I worked

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    What would you do if you won $500‚000? If you won $500‚000 in the lottery‚ what would you spend it on? There are a lot of different ways that people would choose to spend this money. Some people would choose to spend it on themselves‚ others would choose to give it all away to charity. The way I would spend it would be a mixture of the two. (67) First‚ I would take $250‚000 and put it in the bank. If it is in the bank for a while‚ it will draw around four to five thousand dollars in interest

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