ROLE OF NEUROTRANSMITTERS IN LEARNING AND MEMORY – Martinez and Kesner (1991) Aim: determining the role of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine on memory Method: * Rats were trained to go through a maze and get to the end‚ where they received food * Researcher injected one group of rats with scopolamine (blocks acetylcholine receptor sites thus decreasing available acetylcholine) * Injected second group of rats with physostigmine (blocks the production of cholinesterase – cholinesterase
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biology‚ beauty is very predictable despite various factors‚ such as nationality‚ age‚ and race (317). This article is captivating and informative. Nevertheless‚ it could be improved by establishing a more clear-cut thesis and only selecting a few biological aspects of beauty to research and analyze in depth. The authors‚ B. Fink and N. Neave‚ have taken on the complicated task of analyzing five aspects of beauty when analyzing two or three in depth would suffice and prove more effective. The thesis
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The Biological Importance of Water for Living Organisms Water is made up of two elements‚ 2 positively charged hydrogen molecules and one negatively charged oxygen molecule. Water molecules have uneven charge distribution as one end of the molecule is slightly positive and the other slightly negative‚ this is called polar. Ionic substances such as sodium chloride dissolve easily in water because the positively and negatively charged ions are separated due to the dipole nature of water. As water
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There are three key principles that define the biological level of analysis. 1. Emotions and behaviours are products of the anatomy and physiology of the nervous system 2. Patterns of behaviour can be inherited 3. Animal research can provide insight into human behaviour In this short essay‚ I will give a brief summary of the principles that define the biological level of analysis. 1. Emotions and behaviour as products of anatomy and physiology of nervous system All observable behaviour
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Dr. Strode English 101:KK 17 September 2010 The Biological and Cultural View on Gender Society has drilled an image into our minds as people of how the role of each gender should be played out. There are two recognized types of genders‚ a male and a female. Most people come to think that gender is just male or female. Yet it has become more complex then that. Today it is not just that if you have male parts‚ you are a man‚ the opposite goes for women
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Biological Explanations for Homosexuality Katherine Callan Opening This paper is aimed to address the question of whether homosexuality is biologically based. This topic is quite relevant today because homosexuality is a huge civil rights issue which is also conflicting with the church ’s moral standards. While many religious bodies claim that homosexuality is a choice and a "sin"‚ many in the homosexual community have strongly refuted that claim‚ instead saying they were born this way and
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Biological and cognative psycology psy 310 06/12/12 Dr Shannon Kelly Biological and cognative psycology The work on three basic emotions Fear‚ rage‚ and love stimmed thru relationship between visual and tactile emotions were studied by Watson and J.B.Morgan‚(Watson‚ 1928)‚ the two psychologist studied children that when shown or touched something they feared would suddenly catch their breath‚ and when shown love the response was smiles and laughter‚ but when mad angry‚ turned to rage‚ the child
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Biological Criminal Behavior The studies of biological behaviors have shown that criminals with a passion for their crime tend to have a genetic or physiological issue that plays a major part in their criminal activities. Gary Ridgway and John Hinckley Jr. portrayed significant degrees of physiological issues that may have contributed to the crimes they committed. Lack of education‚ moral support‚ love‚ and self-accomplishments may have also provided behaviors out of the norm. Criminal activities
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Psychological Basis of Personality Development Human beings are the most immature at birth and have the longest period of development before they become capable of all the activities and skill of an adult. Adult behavior and personality characteristics are influenced by events that occur during the early years of life‚ until maturity. It is a product of continuous interaction between heredity‚ environment‚ and experience‚ or time. The biological predispositions present at birth interact with the
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Introduction The patient M. is a 26 year old married female who was brought to the ER by her husband after increased anxiety and depression worsened after a “spiritual attack” that lasted for over four days. While in the ER the patient admitted to hearing multiple distant male and female voices all around her head and outside of her head. She states not being able to make out the message but interprets them to be negative in nature. She told the ER Doc she felt people were trying to
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