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Question 1

The ability of the brain, in development and in adulthood, to be changed by environmental inputs is called

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Plasticity

Question 2

A major site of origin of projections using the neurotransmitter dopamine is the

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Substantia migra

Question 3

The hair cells of the semicircular canals are located in the

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Ampulla

Question 4

The condition apraxia

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Is the inability to carry out complex movements in the absence of paralysis or weakness

Question 5

The basal ganglia are particularly implicated in

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Motor control

Question 6

The polygraph, which is claimed to serve as a lie detector, measures

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Autonomic activity

Question 7

The primary visual cortex of the right hemisphere

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Receives input originating in both eyes

Question 8

A drug that produces a potent schizophrenia-like state is

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Phencyclidine (PCP)

Question 9

Amphetamine belongs to the type of drugs called

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Stimulants

Question 10

In a chemical synapse the arrival of an action potential

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Opens presynaptic voltage-gated calcium channels