Addictions
The number 1 most addictive drug in the world?
What is caffeine?
The main excitatory neurotransmitter of the Central Nervous System
What is glutamate?
To what city is our MEDLIFE club travelling to this upcoming May?
What is Lima, Peru?
The specialized nerve cells that transmit information throughout the nervous system
What are neurons?
The Office was set at the Scranton branch of this paper company
What is Dunder Mifflin?
This therapy focuses on changing unhelpful thinking patterns and behaviours?
What is Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)?
Part of the brain that heavily responds to disgust
What is the Insula?
Temporary healthcare setups used in the volunteer work are commonly called this.
What are Mobile Clinics?
This is a band of fibres that connects the two hemispheres of the brain.
What is the Corpus Callosum?
It might amuse your bouche, but theobromine is the main reason dogs shouldn't ingest what tasty dessert?
What is chocolate?
A strategy to handle high/imminent risk situations
What is a safety plan?
The BOLD signal is measured to determine what areas of the brain are active in certain activities
What is fMRI?
MEDLIFE’s development projects often focus on building infrastructure in hillside communities, including these steep, multi‑step structures
What are Staircases
This is the minimum amount of energy needed for a sensation to occur.
What is absolute threshold?
The answer is under your desk: vandalism and littering led Singapore to ban the import and sale of which chewy confectionary in 1992?
What is Gum
The term for a mental health condition that involves recurrent episodes of depression without mania or hypomania?
What is Major Depressive Disorder (MDD)?
The cytoskeletal structure responsible for axonal pathfinding
What are microtubules?
On MEDLIFE trips volunteers work under the supervision of these trained professionals?
Who are Local healthcare professionals?
The weakening of a conditioned response through the removal of the connection between the conditioned stimulus and the unconditioned stimulus.
What is extinction?
In his obituary in 1991, the New York Times said "English was too skimpy for his rich imagination." and that "his meter was irresistible." Who is the children's author
Who is Dr. Seuss?
A serious health consequence of long-term alcohol abuse that affects the liver.
What is Cirrhosis
The inability to sense a particular odor compound. Often genetic
What is Specific anosmia
MEDLIFE avoids this harmful form of travel where students prioritize tourism over real impact.
What is Voluntourism?
Damage in this area of the brain impairs understanding of word meaning.
What is Wernicke’s area?
What was banned in Indonesia for "stimulating passion"?
What are Hula Hoops?