Regarding brain cells regeneration and repair, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. Constraint-induced movement therapy involves restraining a patient's good arm, which forces his or her impaired arm to be more active and increases neurogenesis in the damaged part of the brain.
b. Doctors are testing a method in which drugs that speed up neurogenesis are injected into the damaged areas of the brain.
c. Because of aging, a healthy 75-year-old brain has only about 75 percent of the brain cells of a healthy 25-year-old brain.
d. Although the brain loses cells daily, it simultaneously grows new neurons to replace them.
C
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a) male erectile disorder. b) male orgasmic disorder. c) dyspareunia. d) premature ejaculation.
A friend of yours tells you that men will always be more sexually promiscuous than women because, during evolution, the best reproductive strategy for a male primate has been to try to impregnate many females
What kind of evidence would you need to evaluate this claim? What will be an ideal response?
In a survey of high school students, nearly half of the students surveyed believed that when a woman says "No" to a sexual advance, she doesn't really mean it. These findings provide support for the power of ________ to influence attitudes toward sexual aggression.
a. violent pornography b. sexual scripts c. spontaneous romance d. sex roles
A highly lipid-soluble drug
a. Is unable pass through the blood-brain barrier. b. Must be converted by cytochrome P450 enzymes to a water-soluble from before being capable of penetrating the blood-brain barrier. c. Should be capable of entering the brain. d. Is unlikely to have any relevant biological effects.