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Giacomo Rizzolatti and a team of Italian scientists conducted research that led to the discovery of "mirror neurons" in monkeys. Which research method did they use?

A) positron emission tomography
B) functional magnetic resonance imaging
C) electroencephalography
D) single cell recording

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Professor Laurent wants to understand how violence in the media affects adolescents. What method should she use to monitor the arousal state of adolescents while they view a news report of a violent crime?

A) single cell recording
B) magnetoencephalography
C) skin conductance response
D) electrical stimulation

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Synaptic vesicles have been released from their protein anchors. What happens next?

Which of the following is an accurate match between a division of the autonomic nervous system and a bodily function or state?

Which of the following does NOT protect the brain at the physical level?

Following the development of a brain tumor, Jerome starts to exhibit impulsive behavior with little regard for right or wrong. He attacks a man in a bar for looking at him the "wrong" way, breaking the man's nose and damaging bar property. Yet, he feels no remorse for the harm he has caused. The tumor is most likely in Jerome's ____.

A(n) ____ is a neuron that carries commands from the central nervous system to muscles or glands.

What would be a consequence of destroying the corpus callosum?

Marguerite, a first-year doctoral student, scrutinizes the neural tissue that she prepared for study under her microscope. She knows from experience that the areas that look gray have a high density of cell bodies, while the areas that look white consist of large bundles of myelinated ____.

The nervous system is divided into two major components: the ____ and the ____.

What does pons mean in Latin?

Mrs. Agos is unable to recognize her husband by sight when he enters her hospital room. However, once she hears his voice, she recognizes him. Mrs. Agos has likely suffered damage to her ____.

Dr. Benson discovers a new hormone, "hormone X," which becomes elevated when people experience extreme anxiety. To establish a reciprocal relationship, Dr. Benson needs to show that ____.

Christopher suffered a traumatic brain injury in an automobile accident. Since the accident, he has great difficulty in forming new memories but remembers his childhood well, which suggests that his ____ was damaged.

____ is a neurotransmitter that is found at the neuromuscular junction, in the autonomic nervous system, and in the central nervous system.

Doris's heart suddenly races as a speeding car nearly collides with hers on the highway. Which neurotransmitter is playing a role in this response?

Marcus is conducting a squid axon electrophysiology experiment with Dr. Flores. While monitoring a recording electrode placed within a squid axon, Marcus reports to Dr. Flores that the neuron is in a refractory period. What does this mean?

The endocrine system is directly involved with ____.

The ____ is the lobe of the cerebral cortex located at the back of the brain. It contains the ________.

Before contemporary research methods were available, ____ provided significant advancements in our understanding of the nervous system.