25. Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords had extensive damage to her after being sho

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25. Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords had extensive damage to her after being shot in the head that has left her with a lingering language deficit A) left hemisphere B) right hemisphere C) cerebellum D) basal ganglia 26. According to Berridge and colleagues, an example of "liking" would be and an example of "wanting" would be A) a child who has just had a bite of ice cream; a child waiting to open birthday presents a child who has just had a bite of ice cream; a child building associations between events and responses B) a child building associations between events and responses; a child who has just had a bite of ice cream C) D) a child waiting to open birthday presents; a child just given his allowance 27. Primates with smaller intestinal sizes relative to their body sizes generally have A) B) C) D) less reproductive success higher-quality diets more aggression larger teeth 28. is a chemical meal initiator secreted by endocrine cells in the stomach A) Ghrelin B) Leptin C) Insulin D) Dopamine 29. Most people eat more when with others, an effect called the A) social facilitation of eating B) gastronomy effect C) mutual hedonia effect D) glutton effect

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25.(a) The left hemisphere of the brain is responsible for language, speech, math and logic whereas the right hemisphere is responsible for interpreting visual information and spatial processing, visual imagery, music and the ability to recognize faces. The left hemisphere of the brain is also called the ‘dominant’ hemisphere.

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28. (a) Ghrelin is popularly referred to as the ‘hunger hormone’. It is produced by ghrelinergic cells in the gastrointestinal tract. This is a peptide hormone. Ghrelin prepares the body for food intake and as soon as the stomach is stretched as a result of eating, the secretion stops. Ghrelin is a hormone that also plays a role in the fat storage in the body.

29. (a) The social facilitation of eating refers to the phenomenon when we tend to eat more food when we are in the company of other people as compared to meals eaten alone. The existing literature observes that the meals eaten with other people are larger than meals eaten alone.

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