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Discuss How "Normal" Aspects of Life, Such as Birth, Aging

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Discuss how "normal" aspects of life, such as birth, aging, and sexual development, have become medicalized in the twentieth century. What role did professionalization play in this development?


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Cocktail Party Effect

The ability to focus one's auditory attention on a particular stimulus while filtering out a range of other stimuli, almost as if at a noisy party.

Attention

The act of mentally directing focus towards a particular part of the environment, disregarding other elements.

Selective Attention

The cognitive process of focusing on one particular object or task in the presence of multiple stimuli or distractions.

Cognitive Neuroscience

The study of brain mechanisms underlying cognitive processes, such as perception, memory, and language.

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