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- 2. A technique that relies on a special type of machine to study brain activity. It uses a strong magnetic field to monitor blood flow in the brain. Tracking the movement of blood can tell researchers which brain regions are active (using oxygen).
- 4. A term largely used in the business world to mean the interpretation of large quantities of data.
- 8. An endangered species in the bear family, found in the wild only in China. It has a distinctive white body with black-coated limbs and dark spots around the eyes.
- 9. Statistics applied to biology or medicine. When it’s used for neurology, it’s called neurostatistics.
- 11. Unwanted and random variations that obscure or do not contain meaningful data.
- 12. A measure of the amount of “spread” in a dataset to either side of its central, or mean, value.
- 14. The use of an imaging technology, typically using X-rays or a magnetic resonance imaging (or MRI) machine, to view structures inside the brain. With MRI technology — especially the type known as functional MRI (or fMRI) — the activity of different brain regions can be viewed while the patient is doing something, such as viewing pictures, computing sums or listening to music.
- 16. A metallic chemical element in the same family as silver and gold.
- 17. Any of a large number of proteins that the body produces as part of its immune response. Antibodies neutralize, tag or destroy viruses, bacteria and other foreign substances in the blood.
- 18. The field of research that explores the biological basis of injuries or disease and their treatments.
- 20. A blend of two or more metals
- 21. A subject that a student chooses as an area of focus in college, such as: chemistry, English literature, German, journalism, pre-medicine, electrical engineering or elementary education.
- 22. A person who uses science to solve problems. As a verb, to engineer means to design a device, material or process that will solve some problem or unmet need.
- 23. Something that occurs haphazardly or without reason, based on no intention or purpose.
- 24. A description of some aspect of the natural world based on extensive observations, tests and reason. A theory can also be a way of organizing a broad body of knowledge that applies in a broad range of circumstances to explain what will happen. Unlike the common definition of theory, a theory in science is not just a hunch.
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- 1. A metallic alloy that consists primarily of copper and tin, but may include other metals. It is harder and more durable than copper.
- 3. The science of interpreting data, and in particular reducing or estimating errors attributable to random variation.
- 5. One of several measures of the “average” of a data set. Most commonly used is the arithmetic mean, obtained by adding the data and dividing by the number of data points.
- 6. A medical compound consisting of a killed or inactivated disease-producing organism, or a compound that resembles the organism, which is intended to produce immunity to the disease.
- 7. In statistics, a test used to determine whether an observed pattern in data is real or could be explained by random variations in the data.
- 10. An advanced degree offered by universities — typically after five or six years of study — for work that creates new knowledge. People qualify to begin this type of graduate study only after having first completed a college (a program that typically takes four years of study).
- 13. A metallic element, belonging to the same chemical family as lead, germanium, silicon and carbon.
- 15. The study of the structure or function of the brain and other parts of the nervous system. Researchers in this field are known as neuroscientists.
- 19. The ability of an organism to resist a particular infection or poison by producing and releasing special protective cells.