TJHSST BRAIN BEE PRACTICE TEST #1 Archis R. Bhandarkar This practice test is meant to simulate questions that will be asked of Brain Bee competitors participating in the Phase II or Oral Round of the competition. All questions are taken from the Society of Neuroscience publication‚ Brain Facts. Several multiple choice questions followed by questions to be answered in free answer format. An answer key will be provided following the practice meet. 1. The Greek word for the branches of a tree give
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The Blue Brain Project is an attempt to create a synthetic brain by reverse-engineering the mammalian brain down to the molecular level. The aim of the project‚ founded in May 2005 by the Brain and Mind Institute of the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland‚ is to study the brain’s architectural and functional principles. The project is headed by the founding director Henry Markram and co-directed by Felix Schürmann and Sean Hill. Using a Blue Gene supercomputer running
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During the growth and development of the brain‚ the physical structures and neural pathways of the brain can change dramatically. Various regions of the brain may grow‚ new synapses may be created‚ or unused synapses may be pruned off. The ability of the brain to change and adapt has been called plasticity. In the TED talk “The Growing Evidence of Brain Plasticity”‚ Dr. Michael Merzenich makes a case for brain plasticity and proposes ways this ability can be used to help various mental disorders
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that their brain may look different as well? The brain can be changed by many different factors‚ some of which have negative effects on how your brain functions. These effects could have been and can be prevented‚ others you‚ or your parents‚ have no control over. Preventable or not‚ the brain physically and functionally is affected by many different factors‚ some of which include: gender‚ learning disabilities and Fetal alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD). The male and female brains have many differences
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BLUE BRAIN PROJECT WHAT IS BLUE BRAIN? * BLUE BRAIN—The world’s first virtual brain * It’s being developed by IBM * Within 30 years we will be able to scan ourselves into computers The Blue Brain Project is an attempt to create a synthetic brain by reverse-engineering the mammalian brain down to the molecular level. The aim of the project‚ founded in May 2005 by the Brain and Mind Institute of the École Polytechnique in Lausanne‚ Switzerland‚ is to study the brain’s architectural and
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Brain stem is considered to be one of the most primitive parts of the brain that is crucial to human survival. As thoroughly explicated by most scholars and anatomist throughout the centuries‚ it regulates the most fundamental physiological activities of the human body which are essential for maintaining and sustaining life. This is how each function is utilized in medical practice to define death through different research and experiments. Brain stem regulates alertness‚ arousal‚ breathing‚ blood
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The goal of this thesis was to show that brain perfusion SPECT can help to clarify important issues regarding the prodromal MCI stage of AD and relapsing NMO. Specifically‚ this thesis shows: 1. That based on recently published literature‚ brain perfusion SPECT is a valid biomarker of neuronal injury in MCI due to AD in both clinical and research settings‚ equivalent to FDG-PET but less expensive and more accessible worldwide (Chapter 2). 2. That brain perfusion SPECT combined with graph theoretical
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body. 3. The brain and its functions; the connections to the nervous system. 4. The cerebrum and the major connections to the nervous system and brain; why it so important to the body. II. Thesis Statement: The following information is about the Nervous System and its different aspects. It addresses what the nervous system is and what it consists of‚ the function of the nervous system in the body and its relationship to other parts of the body. It will also discuss the brain and its functions
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inThe so-called ‘brain drain’ from poor to rich countries is now robbing poorer countries of essential personnel like doctors‚ nurses‚ engineers‚ and the trend is set to continue‚ if not to get worse. Some people say this movement of people around the world is not a new phenomenon. Migrant workers have always been attracted by the wider choice of employment and greater opportunity in major cities in their own countries and abroad. Recently‚ as the technological age has advanced and as richer countries
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What Is Brain Drain? Brain drain is also known as “The human capital flight”. It can be simply defined as the mass emigration of technically skilled people from one country to another country. Brain-drain can have many reasons‚ for example-political instability of a nation‚ lack of opportunities‚ health risks‚ personal conflicts etc. Brain-drain can also be named as “human capital flight” because it resembles the case of capital flight‚ in which mass migration of financial capital is involved.The
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