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It has been suggested that toxoplasmosis is associated with…

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increased perceived dominance and masculinity in others, increased chance of schizophrenia and suicide

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Rove Beetle

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Sprays ants with chemical that makes them adopt the beetle’s young

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Around ___% of Americans have toxoplasmosis

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50

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Toxoplasmosis in Women and Men

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Women: higher intelligence, dutiful, conscientous, conforming, moralistc, rule-bound, warm, outgoing, attentive to others, kind, easy-going. Opposite for men. For both genders: guilt-prone, apprehensive, self-doubting, insecure, worrying, self-blaming

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Toxoplasmosis tends to stop brain deterioration due to ____

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Alzheimer’s disease

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In a follow-up to Libet’s Experiment, participants made self-made actions and attended to either their intention to move or to the actual movement. When they attended to their intention rather than their movement, there was an enhancement of activity in the ____

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pre-supplementary motor area (pre-SMA)

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This part of the brain makes us rational, intellectual, and moral entities

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Prefrontal Cortex

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Ventrolateral prefrontal cortex

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Choosing one outcome rather than another. Discounting short-term in favor of long-term gain

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Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex

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Choosing one action rather than another. Maintenance of behavior appropriate to the context.

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Frontal pole

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Choosing one strategy rather than another: planning, reasoning, and metacognition

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Phineas Gage suffered damage to the ___

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ventromedial and orbital portions of the prefrontal cortex

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Patients with selective damage to the prefrontal cortex can often know right from wrong, but ..

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they are unable to act on such knowledge

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Frontotemporal dementia, Pick’s, and Huntington’s disease are all associated with ….

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episodic aggression or antisocial conduct

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Serial killer Arthur Shawcross had a small cyst at the base of the right anterior

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temporal lobe

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Prisoners are more likely to have some form of psychosis, major depression, and ten times more likely to exhibit antisocial personality disorder

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Antisocial personality disorder associated with an 11% decrease in _____. (CORRELATION not causation)

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prefrontal cortex grey matter

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Patients with temporal lobe epilepsy show increased aggression on conjunction with _______

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reduced prefrontal grey matter

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Studies suggest that impulsive violent acts are associated with reduced activity in the the ___

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prefrontal cortex’s control systems