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Brent is taking part in an experiment in a cognitive neuroscience lab on campus. Silently, he reads rapid sequences of words flashed on a computer screen. The electrical activity of his brain is simultaneously recorded through skull electrodes. The brain-scanning technique used in this study is:A) computerized axial tomography (CAT).B) electroencephalography (EEG).C) positron emission tomography (PET).D) functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI).
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Electroencephalography (EEG).
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The building blocks of the nervous system are cells called:A) neurons.B) axons.C) synapses.D) dendrites.
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Neurons
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The branch-like fibers extending in clusters from the neuron's cell body are called:A) axons.B) glial fibers.C) dendrites.D) nodes of Ranvier.
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Dendrites.
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An axon is a:A) neuron's cell body.B) support cell in the nervous system.C) branch-like fiber extending in clusters from a neuron's cell body.D) long, tube-like structure extending from a neuron's cell body.
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) long, tube-like structure extending from a neuron's cell body.
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Dendrite is to axon as _____ is to _____.A) receiving; sendingB) sending; receivingC) electrical; chemicalD) action potential; reuptake
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Receiving; sending
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