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FMRI scan during working memory tasks
fMRI scan of the brain taken during working memory tasks, one type of neuropsychological testing.

Neuropsychology is the scientific discipline that studies the structure and function of the brain related to more common psychological processes and overt behaviors. The term has been applied to lesion studies in humans and animals. It has also been applied to efforts to record electrical activity from individual cells (or groups of cells) in higher primates (including some studies of human patients).

Aristotle Senses Perception Memory Dreams Action
Senses, perception, memory, dreams, action in Aristotle's biology. Impressions are stored in the seat of perception, linked by his Laws of Association

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