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Which part of the brain is responsible for controlling basic physiological functions such as heartbeat and respiration?
Which part of the brain is responsible for controlling basic physiological functions such as heartbeat and respiration?
Which part of the brain is involved in arousal and attention?
Which part of the brain is involved in arousal and attention?
Which part of the brain is responsible for finely coordinated movements and may play a part in higher order cognitive processes?
Which part of the brain is responsible for finely coordinated movements and may play a part in higher order cognitive processes?
Which part of the brain is involved in orienting to visual and auditory stimuli?
Which part of the brain is involved in orienting to visual and auditory stimuli?
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Which part of the brain is involved in movement and arousal?
Which part of the brain is involved in movement and arousal?
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Which part of the brain is the largest and most sophisticated part responsible for complex sensory, emotional, cognitive, and behavioral processes?
Which part of the brain is the largest and most sophisticated part responsible for complex sensory, emotional, cognitive, and behavioral processes?
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Which part of the brain regulates behaviors such as eating, sleeping, sexual activity, and emotional experience?
Which part of the brain regulates behaviors such as eating, sleeping, sexual activity, and emotional experience?
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Which part of the brain processes sensory information and transmits it to higher brain centers?
Which part of the brain processes sensory information and transmits it to higher brain centers?
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Which part of the brain is responsible for the analysis of information from all the senses and control of voluntary movements?
Which part of the brain is responsible for the analysis of information from all the senses and control of voluntary movements?
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Which part of the brain is involved in fear and other emotions, and may influence our sensitivity to other people?
Which part of the brain is involved in fear and other emotions, and may influence our sensitivity to other people?
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Which part of the brain is responsible for creating voluntary movements in specific parts of the body?
Which part of the brain is responsible for creating voluntary movements in specific parts of the body?
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Which area of the brain is involved in complex cognitive tasks and receives information from more than one sense or combines sensory and motor information?
Which area of the brain is involved in complex cognitive tasks and receives information from more than one sense or combines sensory and motor information?
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Which area of the brain is responsible for problems in organizing speech, resulting in Broca's aphasia?
Which area of the brain is responsible for problems in organizing speech, resulting in Broca's aphasia?
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Which area of the brain is responsible for difficulty in understanding the meaning of words and speaking understandably, known as Wernicke's aphasia?
Which area of the brain is responsible for difficulty in understanding the meaning of words and speaking understandably, known as Wernicke's aphasia?
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Which brain imaging technique uses a magnetic field to detect changes in blood flow and reflects ongoing changes in the activity of neurons?
Which brain imaging technique uses a magnetic field to detect changes in blood flow and reflects ongoing changes in the activity of neurons?
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Which brain imaging technique measures general electrical activity in the brain?
Which brain imaging technique measures general electrical activity in the brain?
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Which brain imaging technique records where radioactive substances are concentrated as the brain performs various tasks?
Which brain imaging technique records where radioactive substances are concentrated as the brain performs various tasks?
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Which brain imaging technique exposes the brain to a magnetic field and measures the resulting radio frequency waves to produce a structural picture of the brain?
Which brain imaging technique exposes the brain to a magnetic field and measures the resulting radio frequency waves to produce a structural picture of the brain?
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Which brain imaging technique is a variant on fMRI and traces activity of axon pathways?
Which brain imaging technique is a variant on fMRI and traces activity of axon pathways?
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Which brain imaging technique temporarily disrupts the function of a part of the brain?
Which brain imaging technique temporarily disrupts the function of a part of the brain?
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Which system carries information from the senses to the central nervous system and sends movement instructions back to the muscles that move the skeleton?
Which system carries information from the senses to the central nervous system and sends movement instructions back to the muscles that move the skeleton?
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Which division of the autonomic nervous system mobilizes the body for action through the fight-or-flight response?
Which division of the autonomic nervous system mobilizes the body for action through the fight-or-flight response?
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Which division of the autonomic nervous system slows organ and gland activity to conserve the body's energy?
Which division of the autonomic nervous system slows organ and gland activity to conserve the body's energy?
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What makes up the central nervous system?
What makes up the central nervous system?
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What is an example of a quick, involuntary muscular response that occurs in the spinal cord without instruction from the brain?
What is an example of a quick, involuntary muscular response that occurs in the spinal cord without instruction from the brain?
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What is the function of the peripheral nervous system?
What is the function of the peripheral nervous system?
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What is the role of the sympathetic nervous system?
What is the role of the sympathetic nervous system?
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What is the role of the parasympathetic nervous system?
What is the role of the parasympathetic nervous system?
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What is the function of the spinal cord?
What is the function of the spinal cord?
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What is a feedback system?
What is a feedback system?
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