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6. what are endogenous pacemakers?
- internal body clocks
- external influences from environment
7. what did taxi drivers have significantly more of than the control group?
- glands
- synaptic connections
- volume of gray matter in hippocampus
- neurons
8. why may studies into synchronization of menstrual cycles have limits?
- more co-founding variables such as stress
- it can't be generalized to men
- it is a ethical issue
9. what is meant to be the cause of phantom limb syndrome?
- reorganization of somalosery cortex
- reorganization of frontal cortex
- reorganization of synaptic connections
10. how many synaptic connections will a child of 2 have?
- 15,000
- 1,000
- 10,000
- 1,500
11. what social cues help babies to regulate to their sleep/wake schedule?
- regular bedtimes and mealtimes
- irregular bedtimes and mealtimes
12. what did decourseys study do?
- destroyed the SCN of 30 chipmunks and saw them fail to return to the wild
- destroyed the SCN of 30 chipmunks and saw them successfully to return to the wild
- destroyed the endogenous pacemakers of 30 chipmunks and saw them fail to return to the wild
- destroyed the endogenous pacemakers of 30 chipmunks and saw them sucessfully return to the wild
13. what sort of rhythm is the menstrual cycle?
- biological
- infraidan
- ultradian
14. what is axontal sprouting?
- growth of new cells
- growth of new neurons
- growth of new nerve endings
- growth of new grey matter
15. what percentage of amputees report phantom limb syndrome?
16. what is neurorehabilitation?
- doing exercise to aid recovery
- therapy to help victims to recover
- taking drugs to help recovery
17. what happens in the third and fourth stages of sleep
- alpha waves
- delta waves
- beta waves
18. what plays a part in the regulation of endogenous pacemakers?
- superchasmatic nucleus
- thyroid gland
- pituitary gland
19. what happens during the first two stages of sleep?
- delta waves
- alpha then beta waves
- beta then alpha waves
20. why may synchrony of menstrual cycle have evolutionary value?
- the women can unite
- offspring could be cared for together
- increases the population