Parkinson’s or PD is a disease that attacks the peripheral nervous system around the age of 50 years old. This devastating disease causes the degeneration of the mind and gets worse with time. It is categorized by the loss of basic mobility‚ making daily life a real challenge. It causes most motor skills to go away entirely and leaves a person with a resting tremor‚ akineisa‚ and muscle stiffness. Parkinson’s is incurable but treatment is available to subdue symptoms. It is genetic and may be caused
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Autism: Past‚ Present‚ Future‚ Speculative Autism is all over the news right now‚ a very different situation than 18 years ago when we were looking for the cause of our son’s developmental delay. Much of the media coverage‚ however‚ focusses on the sound-bite and tear-jerking opportunities that any problems with young children can provide. This is fine for the television crews‚ but it really does not inform the public‚ or help parents who are wondering whether their child could be autistic‚ or
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glands. Myelin sheath Myelin sheath is an insulating envelope of myelin that surrounds the core of a nerve fiber or axon and that facilitates the transmission of nerve impulses‚ formed from the cell membrane of the Schwann cell in the peripheral nervous system and from oligodendroglia cells. Myelin sheaths three main functions include are protecting the nerve fiber‚ insulating the nerve fiber
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the medical community and although there have been great strides in the direction of uncoiling the mystery of autoimmune responses‚ there is still much to be discovered. Cell-mediated autoimmune disease is defined as a disease in which one’s immune system attacks the healthy cells of their own body. Such diseases as Multiple Sclerosis‚ Rheumatoid Arthritis‚ Celiac Disease‚ and Lupus fall into this category. With Zika virus becoming more ubiquitous‚ focus on one specific autoimmune disorder‚ called
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uestion : You are at a basketball game and the arena is packed; the crowd is evenly split between fans of the two teams. At one point‚ the referee makes a call. Half of the fans yell insults; the other half of the fans shout their approval. The event reminds you of the topic of today’s lecture in psychology class. What was the likely topic of the lecture? Student Answer: bias experiments psychoanalysis extraneous variables Instructor Explanation: Chapter 1
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involved in a reflex action including at its simplest a sensory nerve and a motor nerve with a synapse between. It consist of five components namely Receptor; Site of the stimulus action‚ Sensory Neuron; transmits afferent impulses to the central nervous system‚ Integration Center (interneurons) which is always within the
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Psychology Final Review Part 1 What is Psychology? The study of the mind/psyche/mental processes and behaviour The symbol is the butterfly (human mortal in Greek myths named Psyche) Psychology is an objective study Three Fundamental Laws of Science 1. Define our variables 2. Observe our variables 3. Measure/quantify our variables B.F Skinner’s theory that we can infer behaviour and measure it Experimental Psychology Late 1800’s in Germany Basic principles of experimentation used to explain psychological
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orientation a person was loooking at on ____ % of the trials. A.10% B.25% C.40% D.100% Answer Key: D 1.0/ 1.0 Points One aspect of the visual system that helps us achieve selective attention is A.accommodation B.the concentration of cones in the fovea C.chemical structure of the vitreous humor D.the prevalence of amacrine cells in the peripheral retina Answer Key: B 1.0/ 1.0 Points The incidence of change blindness _________ when a cue is added to the scene that indicates which part of
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effects does MDMA produce? Provide 2 examples of short-term & 2 examples of long-term behavioral effects on behavior. - Behavioral effects of MDMA: severe dehydration‚ jaw clenching‚ eye twitching‚ nausea‚ blurred vision‚ suppression of immune system‚ disturbed sleep patterns‚ and cognitive impairment - Short term effects: nausea‚ jaw clenching‚ disturbed sleep patterns‚ & changes in cognition‚ emotion‚ & motor function - Long term effects: (chronic use can cause serotonin to become
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during. D. If a muscle is fatigued from exercise and you then test the associated reflex‚ do you think you will see a greater or lesser reflex? Explain your reasoning. Lesser reflex. According to Saladin‚ central fatigue causes the central nervous system to produce less signal output to the skeletal muscles. E. Describe the Achilles tendon
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