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Which almond-shaped brain structure is strongly involved in processing fear and other emotional responses?
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Amygdala
What protective filtering system limits which substances can pass from the blood into the human brain?
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Blood–brain barrier
About how many neurons are estimated to make up the adult human brain?
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86 billion
Which brain region, named after a French physician, is classically associated with producing spoken language?
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Broca’s area
Approximately how many people were murdered at the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp complex during the Holocaust?
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1.1 million
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What protective filtering system limits which substances can pass from the blood into the human brain?
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Blood–brain barrier
About how many neurons are estimated to make up the adult human brain?
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86 billion
Which 1947 memoir by Primo Levi recounts his imprisonment at Auschwitz?
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If This Is a Man
Which 1943 rescue effort transported most of Denmark’s Jewish population to neutral Sweden?
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Rescue of the Danish Jews
On which two dates in November 1938 did Kristallnacht, the Nazi pogrom against Jews, take place?
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9–10 November 1938