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SSRIs or selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors can be used to treat depression. They are used as they inhibit the reuptake of the neurotransmitter, serotonin, in the presynaptic cell. This increases the...

Firstly, information enters the memory, via the senses, from the environment, into the sensory memory. If this information is paid attention too, it is transfered to the ...

An ethical issue can be a positive or a negative feature of the research which takes into account or goes against ethical guidelines 

Consent: the children cannot give informed consent and the pare...

The dopamine hypothesis is the theory that schizophrenia is caused by too much dopamine in the brain. The theory states that due to dopamine being a neurotransmitter that instigates the firing of neurons ...

To understand type 1 and 2 errors you have to first understand what p values are. A p value is the probability of finding a result. In psychology, the significance level used is p=0.05 such that if a hypo...