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mesocortical pathway 
executive function: attention, focus, depression 
 
 
 
nigrostriatal pathway 
from substantia nigra (brainstem) to striatum (muscles): Parkinson's 
 
 
 
mesolimbic pathway 
projects to nucleus accumbens (part of limbic system). Pleasure, reward, positive symptoms of schizophrenia: Addiction, gambling 
 
 
 
Tuberoinfundibular pathway 
regulation of prolactin (acts on pituitary). Hypersexuality in mania 
 
 
 
Dopamine 
produced in substania nigra and VTA. D2 & D4 recepto...
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Critical Analysis of Part Three of The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
PopularThe critical analysis of Part Three of The Metamorphosis focuses on the novella's tragic conclusion and examines the complete breakdown of Gregor's relationship with his family. It explores major themes such as isolation, sacrifice, loss of identity, family conflict, and the value society places on individuals. The analysis also discusses important symbols, including the violin, Gregor's room, and the boarders, while examining Kafka's use of characterization, symbolism, irony, and narrative ...
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Critical Analysis of Part One of The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
The critical analysis of Part One of The Metamorphosis explores the major themes, symbols, and literary techniques that Franz Kafka introduces at the beginning of the novella. It examines Gregor Samsa's transformation as a symbol of alienation, loss of identity, and social rejection while discussing the effects of family expectations and the pressures of work. The analysis also highlights important literary elements such as symbolism, irony, characterization, point of view, and narrative style....
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Critical Analysis of Part Two of The Metamorphosis
The critical analysis of Part Two of The Metamorphosis examines the emotional and psychological changes that occur as Gregor's relationship with his family continues to deteriorate. It explores major themes such as alienation, dehumanization, family responsibility, identity, and sacrifice while analyzing important symbols including Gregor's room, the furniture, the picture on the wall, and food. The analysis also discusses Kafka's use of characterization, symbolism, irony, and narrative style...
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Detailed Summary of The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
The detailed summary of The Metamorphosis provides a comprehensive overview of the novella's plot, tracing Gregor Samsa's journey from his sudden transformation into a giant insect to the tragic conclusion of his life. It highlights the major events of all three parts of the story, including Gregor's changing relationship with his family, his growing isolation, and the emotional and financial challenges faced by the Samsa family. The summary also emphasizes the development of the central them...
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Existentialism 2
Existentialism notes - pre reading research, lecture notes 
catalano reading sartre 
sartre - being and nothingness 
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what is phenomenology 
being and nothingness 
being-in-itself 
freedom, negation, and facticity 
Why, for conscious beings, is being always in question? 
Why does being-for-itself not 'coincide with itself'? 
How does this relate to nothingness or negation?
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Existentialism 1
Lecture Notes on existentialism - 
what is existentialism? 
classical existentialism 
existentialism is a humanism - Sartre 
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seminar questions and answers
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existentialism 5
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the ethics of ambiguity 
personal freedom and others 
reminder of sartre 
ethics of ambiguity - de beauvoir 
the disclosure of being 
the crisis of adolescence 
how do we respond to this?
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Existentialism 3
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sartre's being and nothingness part III - the existence of others 
being-for-others - shame 
being-for-others - the look
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existentialism 4
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temporality 
bad faith 
authenticity
Essay
The Gnosis in Being Colourblind - On Perception and Epistemic Murk
We approach what McKenna similarly refers to as the “epistemic murk”, in which the realms of how we think about “normal experience” become adrift, and we’re faced with a fascinating darkness. It seems as though we have constructed bridges with each other so we all know what’s really going on. And talking to Jack about something that is not permitted for the illusion of these bridges we have between us teaches us about the absolute mysteriousness of the depths of the water beneath, an...
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Test Bank For History of Psychology The Making of a Science 1st Edition By Kardas
Chapter 3: The Birth of Philosophy 
 
MULTIPLE CHOICE 
 
	1.	How did early philosophers attempt to explain the world? 
a. 
By using natural rather than supernatural ideas 
b. 
By creating stories based on their religious beliefs 
c. 
By using higher mathematics 
d. 
By using introspection and related methods 
 
 
ANS:	A	DIF:	Conceptual	REF:	Introduction 
 
	2.	How have we learned much of what we know about the teachings of the earliest philosophers? 
a. 
Through their own writings 
b. 
Through c...
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The Sculpture of Being - A Proposition For Absentile and Presentile Forces In Existence
Being is an ever-shifting sculpture of space and solid, positive and negative, and we humans enact presentile and absentile forces on it, one to add new mould, definition, and “obvious things of existence” , and these are the presentile forces, and the other force to carve away from, to create emptiness, clarity, and potential - absentile forces.