Canexerciseactuallyimproveone'scognitiveskills?Citeanexample fromresearchtosupport.
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Researchclearlyshowsthatbrainplasticityisenhancedbyaerobicexercise.Intlekofer and Cotman (2003) found that aerobic exercise can counter the declines in the hippocampus associated with Alzheimer's disease.Additionally,Ericksonandcolleagues(2009)found thataerobicexercisehadaneffectonthevolumeofthehippocampus,a brainstructureinvolvedinmemory.Participantsexercisedon a treadmill,completed a spatialmemorytask,andhadMRIstodeterminehippocampalvolume.Resultsindicatedthathigherfitnesslevelswereassociatedwithgreaterhippocampalweights,whichinturnwereassociatedwithgreaterperformanceonthespatialmemorytask.
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Which of these is not generally considered a characteristic of religious cults?
a. a democratic authority structure. b. rejection of the secular world. c. strict discipline of adherents. d. belief in the group's superiority. e. conviction of sole possession of truth and wisdom.
Compare and contrast homophobia and heterosexism. Provide examples.
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History is
A. taught mainly through the perspective of the dominant groups in our society b. always taught the same way in public schools throughout the U.S c. now primarily taught through the perspective of minority groups in our society d. the subject U.S. students scored highest in on the Common Core tests
In what way are most children today treated better than they were in the past? What do you think is the primary reason for this?
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