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TEMPORAL LOBES Center for hearing; Wernicke’s areain left temporal lobe plays role in understanding language and making meaningf ...

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influence behavior. Evolutionary psychologistsstudy how natural selection favored behav- iors that contributed to survival and s ...

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Of the following, the effect of adrenalin on the body is most similar to the effect of the (A) cerebellum (B) parathyroids (C) ...

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Myelin sheath—a fatty covering of the axon made by glial cells, which speeds up con- duction of the action potential; Terminal ...

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Behavioral geneticists—study the role played by our genes and our environment in mental ability, emotional stability, temperamen ...

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