Barbiturates pose a death risk because of rapid tolerance and risk of overdose. This is the result of
A) acceleration of the heart rate.
B) depression of the brain's respiratory center.
C) increase in blood pressure.
D) damage to the nerve cells of the brain stem.
B
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a. magnetoencephalogaphy (MEG) b. positron emission tomography (PET) scanning c. functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) d. magnetic source imaging (MSI)
Knowledge of a specific episode, event, or individual that constitutes an example of a category is a/an
A) script. B) stereotype. C) exemplar. D) schema.
Jasmina and Todd are worried about their newborn daughter, River. She doesn't seem to react to sounds. In order to determine if sounds are reaching River's brain, you will test her using
A) electroencephalography. B) event-related potentials. C) microelectrode recordings. D) electromyography.
The cost to memory because of previously encountered information is called __________
a. proactive interference b. retroactive interference c. mnemonic failure d. interference theory