Discuss the Significant Threats to Human Life as a Result

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Essay

Discuss the significant threats to human life as a result of manmade inventions.

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Definitions:

Long-Term Potentiation

A process, hypothesized to be a mechanism for long-term learning, in which neural circuits in the hippocampus are subjected to repeated and intense electrical stimulation, resulting in hippocampal cells that are more sensitive to stimuli than they were previously.

Long-Term Potentiation

A long-lasting enhancement in signal transmission between two neurons that results from stimulating them synchronously, believed to be a cellular basis for learning and memory.

Frontal Lobe

The part of the brain located at the front of each cerebral hemisphere, associated with reasoning, planning, parts of speech, movement, emotions, and problem-solving.

Working Memory

refers to the part of short-term memory that is concerned with immediate, conscious perceptual and linguistic processing.