In a study by researchers, what did MRI scans of meditators and non-meditators reveal?
A. Those who had meditated the shortest showed the greatest cortical thickness in certain areas.
B. Those who had meditated the longest showed the least cortical thickness in certain areas.
C. Those who had meditated the longest showed the greatest cortical thickness in certain areas.
D. Those who had meditated the longest showed decreased brain tissue in areas relevant to attention and emotion processing.
C. Those who had meditated the longest showed the greatest cortical thickness in certain areas.
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a. be less prone to depression than other people b. be less prone to anxiety than other people c. have relatively low levels of self-esteem d. have relatively high levels of self-esteem
Research showing both night terrors and sleepwalking occur during non-REM sleep suggests:
a. they may both be related to dreaming b. both may be related to activation-synthesis c. neither may be related entirely to dreaming d. neither may be related to activation-synthesis
The final stage of the general adaptation syndrome is marked by
a. resolution. b. a return of all bodily functions to non-stress states. c. psychosomatic illness, a serious loss of health, or collapse. d. a increase in resistance to other stressors.
When rats are given drugs that block long-term potentiation (LTP), they:
A) develop stronger synaptic connections. B) stop eating and grooming. C) get easily lost in familiar mazes. D) more easily recall where they've been.