Libby's physician refers her to a medical
center in order to have the biochemical activity in her brain analyzed. She is given an injection of a radioactive glucose-like substance and then is told to lie down with her head in a scanner. The technique being used is ________.
a) positron emission tomography
b) functional magnetic resonance imaging
c) microelectrode recording
d) an electroencephalogram
ANS: a
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Regarding the brain, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. Brain circuitry cannot be significantly changed by outside experiences. b. Incoming information scatters all over the brain and converges again as it goes out through the spinal cord to muscles and glands. c. The brain is a vast information-processing system that keeps track of the external world and responds to current needs. d. The brain regulates its own behavior and creates the "mind" and the magic of consciousness.
Dr. Kahn is able to detect the electrical activity of a single neuron by using the tip of an extremely thin glass tube filled with a salty fluid, which is known as an ablation tube
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Children with permissive parents, who demand little of their children but frequently indulge them, are most likely to have
a. low levels of self-esteem. c. unrealistically high levels of self esteem b. realistically high levels of self-esteem d. a conflicted sense of self-esteem
Juanita is feeling stressed today because her children need help with their homework while her elderly parents need someone to take them grocery shopping. Juanita is a member of the
a) empty nest generation. b) sandwich generation. c) midlife crisis generation. d) normative crisis generation.