What is unique about the intellectual disability caused by PKU?
What will be an ideal response?
While many conditions inevitably result in brain damage and intellectual disability, early detection of PKU can prevent any adverse consequences. Children with PKU are unable to metabolize phenylalanine. If they ingest food with this amino acid, it accumulates and causes brain damage that leads to retardation. The intellectual disability seen in PKU only occurs if foods with phenylalanine are ingested, therefore it is preventable.
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a) True b) False
The ________ is the co-occurrence of historical factors with changes in age that affects the ability to determine the results of a longitudinal study
a. cohort effect c. age-history confound b. era-specific confound d. cohort-era effect
Sheldon has been extremely afraid of cats since he was scratched as a 5-year-old. Whenever he sees a cat, he remembers the time he was scratched across his face, and he starts to feel afraid. If a cat comes toward him, he often runs away immediately, as he is afraid of being scratched again. Sheldon's behaviors and recollection of this trauma are a result of the __________ in the limbic system.
A. hippocampus B. thalamus C. amygdala D. medulla
Asomatognosia is a
A) form of Korsakoff's syndrome. B) dualistic philosophy. C) learned response. D) consequence of hypothalamic damage. E) deficiency in the awareness of parts of one's own body.