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| An area of the brain that plays a role in emotional experience |
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| Chemical substances in the brain that carry eletrical impulses across synapses |
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| The region of the brain located directly behind the eyes, important for the evaluation of risk and reward |
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| Ventromedial Prefrontal cortex |
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| The lower and central area at the front of the brain, important for gut-level decision making. |
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| Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex |
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| The outer and upper areas of the front of the brain, important for skills such as planning ahead and controlling impulses |
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| The part of the brain responsible for many higher-order cognitive skills, such as decision-making and planning. |
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| The process through which the efficiency of information processing is improved in the brain |
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| The process through which unnecessary connections, between neurons are eliminated, improving the efficiency of information processing |
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| Diffusion Tensor Imagin (DTI) |
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| A technique used to produce images of the brain that shows connections among different regions |
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| Position Emission Tomography (PET) |
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| A technique used to produce images of the brain, often while the subject is performing some sort of mental task; it is more invasive fMRI) |
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| Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging(fMRI) |
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| A technique used to produce images of the brain, often while the subject is performing some sort of mental task |
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