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Answer the following questions:
What processes must occur to develop male and female gonads, internal organs, and external genitalia?
What different pathways can occur in sexual development?
How do hormones and genetic activity shape the male and female brain?
What evidence exists for a biological basis of sexual orientation?
How do shift work, jet lag, and daylight saving time affect our normal circadian rhythms?
What is the basis for the rhythmicity observed in the SCN?
What can we learn from the EEG recordings taken from different stages of waking and sleep?
In what ways should sleep be considered an active, as opposed to a passive, process?
What cellular changes are associated with habituation, sensitization, and classical conditioning in invertebrates?
What evidence supports a role for long-term potentiation (LTP) in learning and memory?
How did the work of Lashley, Penfield, and Milner contribute to our understanding of memory?
What brain structures seem to be most involved with episodic, semantic, and procedural memories?
What memory changes are associated with normal, healthy aging?
What are the possible advantages of lateralization of functions in the cerebral hemispheres?
What are the relationships between gesture, imitation, and language?
Which structural features in the brain might be correlated with intelligence?
How might epigenetics affect cognitive development?
What roles do the amygdala and hypothalamus play in decision making?
How do the three classic theories of emotion differ in their explanations of emotional behavior?
What behaviors suggest that a person might be lying?
What brain processes are associated with impulsive aggression?
How do alcohol, testosterone, and serotonin contribute to aggressiveness?
What are the effects of short-term and chronic stress on the immune system and on general health?
How does our mindset contribute to the way we experience stress?
How does the training and role of the neuropsychologist differ from that of the neurologist?
What is the role of the APOE gene in neurocognitive disorders?
What are the major causes of seizures?
What is the relationship between age and recovery from brain injury?
What are the leading hypotheses for explaining the causes of ASD and ADHD?
What structural and functional brain correlates characterize ASD and ADHD?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of the use of medications to treat schizophrenia?
What are the major similarities and differences between schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and major depressive disorder?
What biological changes appear to accompany the experience of anxiety and trauma?
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