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According to the lecture "Consciousness", the ovulatory or menstrual cycle is an example of which of the following biological rhythms?

infradian

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According to the lecture "Consciousness", the ovulatory or menstrual cycle is an example of which of the following biological rhythms?

infradian

According to the required video "Why Do We Sleep?", how many different stages of NREM sleep are there?

4

According to the required video "Neuron", approximately how many nuerons does the typical human brain have?

100 Billion

According to the class lecture, the types of neurons the primary pass along information in the brain are known as

Interneurons

According to the class lecture, which of the following are excitatory neurohormones?

  • epinephrine and dopamine
  • oxytocin and serotonin
  • acetylcholine and epinephrine
  • seratonin and dopamine

epinephrine and dopamine

According to the lecture "Consciousness", Bootzin's procedure is one which effectively treat which of the following?

  • insomnia
  • alcoholism
  • depression
  • sleep apnea

insomnia

According to the class lecture, the 2 factors influencing how efficient and fast our brains are able to process information include

nutrition and genetics

According to the required video "Neuron", drugs that work like neurotransmitters to facilitate the communication between neurons are known as

agonists

  1. According to the class lecture, which of the following neurohormones/neurotransmitters is associated with labor & delivery, plays an important role in attachment, and is also known as the "cuddle chemical"?

Oxytocin

According to the class lecture, which of the following neurohormones/neurotransmitters is associated with feelings of satisfaction, accomplishment and satiation, and is also produced less in people with Parkinson's disease?

Dopamine

  1. According to the class lecture, the efficiancy of the RAS (reticular activating system) is influenced by ALL of the following except ____________?

gender

According to the class lecture, a sleep disorder caused by a faulty cicadian clock is known as

Narcolepsy

According to the class lecture, which of the following DO NOT change the morphological structure of neural pathways and are NOT biologically addictive?

Hallucinogens

According to the class lecture, which of the following is primarily a RIGHT hemisphere task?

Creativity

According to the class lecture, human being have approximately ______________ neurons in our entire nervous system.

86 billion

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