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| 10833660332 | corrpus callosum | The large band of nerural fibers connecting the two brain hemisphere and carrying messages between them. | 0 | |
| 10833660333 | split brain | a condition resulting from surgery that isolates the brain's two hemispheres by cutting the fibers (mainly those of the corpus callosum) connecting them | 1 | |
| 10833660334 | consciousness | our awareness of ourselves and our environment | 2 | |
| 10833660335 | congnitive neuroscience | the interdisciplinary study of the brain activity linked with cognition (including perception, thinking, memory, and language) | 3 | |
| 10833660336 | dual processing | the principle that information is often simultaneously processed on separate conscious and unconscious tracks | 4 | |
| 10833660337 | behavior genetics | the study of the relative power and limits of genetic and environmental influences on behavior | 5 | |
| 10833660338 | environment | every external influence, from prenatal nutrition to the people and things around us | 6 | |
| 10833660339 | Chromosomes | threadlike structures made of DNA molecules that contain the genes | 7 | |
| 10833660340 | DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) | A complex molecule containing the genetic information that makes up the chromosomes. | 8 | |
| 10833660341 | Genes | the biochemical units of heredity that make up the chromosomes; a segment of DNA capable of synthesizing a protein | 9 | |
| 10833660342 | Genome | the complete instructions for making an organism, consisting of all the genetic material in that organism's chromosomes | 10 | |
| 10833660343 | identical twins (monozygotic twins) | twins who develop from a single fertilized egg that splits in two, creating two genetically identical organisms | 11 | |
| 10833660344 | fraternal twins | twins who develop from separate fertilized eggs. They are genetically no closer than brothers and sisters, but they share a fetal environment. | 12 | |
| 10833660345 | molecular genetics | the subfield of biology that studies the molecular structure and function of genes | 13 |
