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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?

  • 10%-30%
  • 60%-80%
  • 40%-50%

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