Professor Royce Studies How Structures in the Brain Change Over

question 413

Multiple Choice

Professor Royce studies how structures in the brain change over time by using fMRI scans. His research covers two areas of psychology, the

• A)cognitive and the sociocultural
• B)social and the cognitive
• C)biological and the psychodynamic
• D)developmental and the biological
• E)humanistic and the biological

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Definitions:

Clot Formation

The process by which blood changes from a liquid to a gel, forming a clot, which is essential in preventing excessive bleeding when blood vessels are injured.

Thrombin

An enzyme in blood plasma that causes the clotting of blood by converting fibrinogen to fibrin.

Prothrombin

A protein present in blood plasma that is converted into active thrombin during coagulation, playing a key role in blood clot formation.

Fibrinogen

A soluble plasma protein that is converted to the insoluble protein fibrin during blood clotting.