1) A) What is myelin and why is it important to neuron function? B) Briefly describe the two stages of protein synthesis as well as epigenetic modification of gene expression

1) A) What is myelin and why is it important to neuron function? B) Briefly describe the two stages of protein synthesis as well as epigenetic modification of gene expression. C) Describe the role of the cytoskeleton in normal axoplasmic transport and its contribution to Alzheimer’s disease.

2) A) Describe pharmacogenetics and its role in personalized medicine. Give one example of its potential use in clinical treatment. B) What are embryonic stem cells? Describe several potential benefits from stem cell research. C) Name the three major external features of neurons and their basic functions.

3) A) What is the therapeutic index? Why is it important? B) What effect does a competitive antagonist have on drug effects? Compare its effect on potency and efficacy. C) Define drug tolerance and describe three types of tolerance and their mechanisms. Compare tolerance with sensitization.

4) A) How will this book be different in 2025? B) Will the psychology of language (contrasted with the neuroscience of language) still be taught in universities in 2050?

5) A) How similar are speech errors to other sorts of action slip (e.g., intending to switch a light off when it has already been switched off)? B) Collect your own speech errors for 2 weeks. How well can they be accounted for by models of speech production? C) Observe when you pause and hesitate when speaking. Relate these observations to what you have learned in this chapter.

6) A) To what extent are feature-based theories of meaning concerned with a level of representation beneath prototype and instance-based theories of concepts? B) How would you explain case studies showing the loss of knowledge about very specific semantic categories (e.g., medical terms)? C) What sort of categories might a cat or dog possess?