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• Neuroscience
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  Neurobiology

  Neurobiology is the study of cells of the nervous system and the organization of these cells into functional circuits that process information and mediate behavior. It is a subdiscipline of both ... > more
• Cocaine
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  Cocaine

  Cocaine is a crystalline tropane alkaloid that is obtained from the leaves of the coca plant. It is a stimulant of the central nervous system and an appetite suppressant, creating what has been ... > more
• Psychology
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  Behavior
  Neuroscience
  Dementia
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  Cognition

  The term cognition is used in several loosely related ways to refer to a faculty for the human-like processing of information, applying knowledge and changing preferences. Cognition or cognitive ... > more
• Nervous System
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  Attention Deficit Disorder
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  Neocortex

  The neocortex is a part of the brain of mammals. It is the top layer of the cerebral hemispheres, 2-4 mm thick, and made up of six layers, labelled I to VI (with VI being the innermost and I being ... > more
• Infant's Health
  Healthy Aging
  Pregnancy and Childbirth
  Birth Defects
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Child Development
   
  

  Premature birth

  Premature birth (also known as preterm birth) is defined medically as childbirth occurring earlier than 37 completed weeks of gestation. Most pregnancies last about 40 weeks. About 12 percent of ... > more
• Child Psychology
  Intelligence
  Educational Psychology
  Child Development
  Mental Health
  Psychology
   

  Child prodigy

  A child prodigy is someone who is a master of one or more skills or arts at an early age. One generally accepted heuristic for identifying prodigies is the following: a prodigy is someone who, by the ... > more
• Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Infant's Health
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  Sleep Disorder Research
  Pregnancy and Childbirth
   

  Sudden infant death syndrome

  Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is any sudden and unexplained death of an apparently healthy infant aged one month to one year. The term cot death is often used in the United Kingdom, and crib ... > more
• Neuroscience
  Developmental Biology
  Intelligence
  Nervous System
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  Perception
   

  Neuroscience

  Neuroscience is a field of study that deals with the structure, function, development, genetics, biochemistry, physiology, pharmacology, and pathology of the nervous system, divided into the central ... > more
• Nervous System
  Bone and Spine
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  Disability
  Brain Tumor
  Today's Healthcare
   
  

  Spinal cord

  The spinal cord is a part of the vertebrate nervous system that is enclosed in and protected by the vertebral column (it passes through the spinal canal). It consists of nerve cells. The cord conveys ... > more
• Social Psychology
  Borderline Personality Disorder
  Psychology
  Relationships
  Perception
  Child Psychology
   

  Self image

  A person's self image is the mental picture, generally of a kind that is quite resistant to change, that depicts not only details that are potentially available to objective investigation by others ... > more

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