The part of a neuron that transmits information over long distances is the ______.
A. soma
B. axon
C. dendrite
D. synapse
Answer: B
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a. True b. False
The relationship of happiness to good and bad life events would best be described as
a. almost a perfect positive correlation. b. significant for the vast majority of people. c. a relatively small relationship. d. unpredictable.
Baby M is small for her gestational age. She has a noticeably flattened nose and widely-spaced eyes, and her brain size is smaller than average. What would cause these characteristics?
A) Marijuana B) Alcohol C) Heroin D) LSD
The fate of unused synapses in the brain is that they ______.
A. continue to function throughout the life span B. are pruned which leads to more efficient thought C. die eventually, leading to disorders such as dementia D. are used by the corpus callosum for gains in gross motor skills