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    Your brain on food

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    Your Brain on Food S This page intentionally left blank Your Brain on Food How Chemicals Control Your Thoughts and Feelings Gary L. Wenk‚ PhD Departments of Psychology and Neuroscience and Molecular Virology‚ Immunology and Medical Genetics The Ohio State University Columbus‚ OH 1 2010 1 Oxford University Press‚ Inc.‚ publishes works that further Oxford University’s objective of excellence in research‚ scholarship‚ and education. Oxford New York Auckland Cape Town

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    How to do business

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    (debisaini@mdi.ac.in) Management Development Institute‚ Gurgaon 1 What Points are Discussed in this Session? 1. New work paradigm: Linked to globalized business world 2. New bus. realties & new critical success factors: BRICS 3. SHRM?: HR’s response to new Critical Success factors 4. How is SHRM different from tradl. HR functions 2 1 What has driven the New Business World & the World of Work? Globalization!!! 3 What Does Globalization mean? It means: • Global movement of capital

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    Study Guide – The Endocrine System 1) What are hormones? Chemicals that are released to influence bodily functions. 2) How are hormones transported? Via bloodstream. 3) Why is the pituitary gland called the “Master” gland? Controls other glands and produces many hormones. 4) What are the two segments of the pituitary? Posterior and anterior pituitary. 5) Where is the thyroid gland located? Anterior to neck‚ inferior to larynx. 6) What are the symptoms of myxedema? Facial bloating

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    Cognitive Function and the Brain The brain has a major role in the area of cognition. Everything from emotion‚ problem solving‚ language‚ the way we process and categorize memories‚ and how we learn all stem from the functioning of the brain. This paper will discuss the role of the brain in cognitive functions and describe the impact that Phineas Gage’s accident had on revealing the brain’s role in cognitive function. Anatomy of the Brain Cognitive functions derive from the area of the brain known

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    Left Brain‚ right Brain By Jeannette Diaz Martin Arredondo English 101 D066 SUM 13 09/16/2013 Right Brain‚ Left Brain Introduction Left Brain‚ Right Brain research http://spdsupport.org/articles/19-learning-styles-both-hemispheres.shtml The differences between left and right Brain http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lateralization_of_brain_function 1. Lateralization of brain function Comparing Right Brain and Left Brain A. http://www.oecd.org/edu/ceri/neuromyth6.htm 1. Two parts of the brain

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    In this chapter‚ “What To Do?”‚ Carl Hoffman visits a lot of places in India. In the starting of this chapter‚ he plans to visit Bihar. Bihar was the poorest state in India. Carl Hoffman decided to visit there after coming back Bangladesh. The man who was shocked when he saw that Carl Hoffman was talking bus to Patna‚ I was shocked to while reading it because I know the conditions of the bus while going to Patna was not good. I have never been on a bus in Patna‚ but I have heard a lot about it. The

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    somewhat of an unsolved mystery and no one is exactly sure how a certain substance acts on the brain. A popular definition of addiction is progressing from liking the substance to needing the substance and constantly seeking it out despite any negative consequences the user may experience. There is still much research to be done in the field of addiction especially alcoholism. The mechanism alcohol utilizes is disinhibition of GABA in the brain. GABA is an inhibitory transmitter and when it is being

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    Evolutionary Psychology: Learning‚ Biology and the Brain Hegel—thesis (consciousness mind)  anti thesis (beh)  synthesis (cog/beh) Taste Aversion: powerful disinclination toward eating or drinking certain substances. Easily learned—sometimes after a single exposure—are highly resistant to extinction and demonstrate biological constraints What are 3 characteristics of taste aversion that classical conditioning doesn’t explain very well? 1. Conditioning results from the repeated pairing

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    effect on the functions of the body. The alcohol quickly enters the bloodstream and then is carried throughout the body. The effect of excessive use of alcohol affects every system in the body‚ especially the brain‚ liver‚ and heart. These effects it has on the body is significant. The alteration of behavior is the first effect of alcohol affecting the brain. The brain is the central control system that controls muscle movement and memory process. The effect of alcohol on the brain slows down its

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    Q.1. Why does communication break down? How can communication be improved? Ans: Communication breakdown can be defined as failure in exchange of information which is either verbal or non-verbal. Conveying ideas and explaining information to others is an essential part of a manager’s job from daily feedback and instructions to in-depth employee development and training. The information must flow in a concise‚ clear and effective way; and such failure in transmitting information will lead to communication

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