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| A biological mechanism that protects the brain when malnutrition disrupts body growth. The brain is the last part of the body to be damaged by malnutrition. |
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| The outer layers of the brain in humans and other mammals. Mot thinking, feeling, and sensing involve the _____ |
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| The response of a sensory system (eyes, ears, skin, tongue, nose) when it detects a stimulus. |
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| The mental processing of sensory information when the brain interprets a sensation. |
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| The ability to focus the two eyes in a coordinated manner in order to see one image. |
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| sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) |
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| A situation in which a seemingly healthy infant, at least 2 months of age, suddenly stops breathing and dies unexpectedly while asleep. |
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| sensorimotor intelligence |
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| Piaget's term for the way infants think- by using their senses and motor skills- during the first period of cognitive development. |
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| Piaget's tem for a type of adaptation in which new experiences are interpreted to fit into with old ideas. |
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| Piaget's term for a type of adaptation in which old ideas are restructured to include new experiences. |
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| The realization that objects (including people) still exist when they can no longer be seen, touched, or heard. |
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| forgetting certain things from infancy |
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| language acquisition device (LAD) |
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| Chromsky's term for a hypothesized mental structure that enables humans to learn language, including the basic aspect of grammar, vocabulary, and intonation. |
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| One of the billion of NERVE CELLS in the central nervous system, especially in the brain. |
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| A fiber that extends from a neuron and TRANSMITS electrochemical impulses from that neuron to the dendrites of other neurons. |
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| A fiber that extends from a neuron and RECEIVES electrochemical impulses transmitted from other neurons via their axons. |
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| The intersection between the axon of one neuron and the dendrites of other neurons. |
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| A brain chemical that carries information from the axon of a sending neuron to the dendrites of a receiving neuron. |
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