Patients with Prefrontal Cortex Damage Make More Risky Choices Than

question 92

True/False

Patients with prefrontal cortex damage make more risky choices than do non-brain-damaged individuals.

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Definitions:

Postsynaptic Cell

A neuron or muscle cell that receives signals from a presynaptic neuron at a synapse.

Neuromodulator

Substance that influences the sensitivity of neurons to neurotransmitters but neither strongly stimulates nor strongly inhibits neurons by itself.

Neurotransmitter

Chemical substances that transmit signals across a synapse from one neuron to another neuron, muscle cell, or gland cell.

Neurons Sensitivity

The capacity of neurons to respond to stimuli or changes in the environment, affecting how signals are transmitted through the nervous system.