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| Vibrations in the fluid of the cochlea causes? |
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| The frequency theory of pitch perception works well for ___ frequencies, while the place theory works well for perception of __ freuencies. |
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| Damage to the primary auditory cortex results in? |
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| difficulty in responding to sequences of a sounds |
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| Damage to the part of the cochlea that sends information about high frequency sounds to the primary auditory cortex could result in: |
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| The function of the smicircular canala is to: |
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| detect movement of the head |
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| The heat receptor responds to ___, the chemical that makes jalapenos. |
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| Itching is primarily the result of: |
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| What do toothpast, miracle berries, and Gymnema sylvestre have in common? |
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| they modify tast perception |
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| How many kinds of olfactory receptors do we have? |
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| Repeated exposure to male pheromones may be associated with ____ in young women who are not sexually active. |
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| more regular menstrual cycles |
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| What will cause a muscle to relax? |
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| Compared to the average weekend jogger, a world class marathon runner probably has a higher percentage of which kind of fibers in his legs? |
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| A physician who asks you to cross your legs and then taps just below the kee is testing your ___ reflexes. |
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| In an importnat study on volunteer movement, people made a voluntary movement and later reported the exact time when they became aware of the conscious decision to move. Of the following, which event happened FIRST? |
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| Increased activity in the premotor cortex |
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| Damage to the ___ impairs the ability to organize smooth sequences of activities. |
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| supplementary motor cortex |
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| Children with __ were found to have less activity in the brain areas believed to contain mirror neurons. |
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| If you have trouble with rapid, ballistic movement sequences that require accurate timing, you probably have suffered damage to the: |
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| Which of the following is NOT common in people with Parkinson's disease? |
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| Cigarette smoking and coffee drinking __ the risk of Parkinson's disease, and marijuana __ the risk. |
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| Which parts of the brain deteriorate most strongly in Huntington's disease? |
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| the caudate nucleus, putamen, and globus pallidus |
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| The sequence of bases repeated more often in people with Huntington's disease is? |
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| environmental cue that resets a biological clock |
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| What is a strong piece of evidence that the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) generates the circadian rhythm? |
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| SCN neurons generate a circadian rhythm of impulses even after removal from the brain |
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| The retinohypothalamic path to the SCN comes from a special population of retinal ganglion cells that have their own photopigment, called: |
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| When the Per and Tim levels are high, they interact with a protein called ___ to induce sleepiness. |
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| The pineal gland releases the hormone which influences both circadian and circannual rhythms |
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| Sleep spindles orginate from: |
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| interactions between the thalamus and cortex |
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| For a normal person, which part of a night's sleep contains the largest percentage of stage 4 sleep? |
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| Axons from the locu coeruleus release ___ widely throughout the cortex. |
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