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1		exposes a tiny region of the brain to a strong magnetic field, causing a momentary interruption of electrical activity.


2		A procedure known as stimulates a precise region of the brain with surgically implanted electrodes in the brain.


3		Patients with , after a great deal of training and practice, can learn to use brain signals to move a cursor on a computer screen, ask for help, turn on lights, operate a television, type out messages, and send e-mail.


4		The structures of the jointly control a variety of basic functions relating to emotions and self-preservation, such as eating, aggression, and reproduction.


5		Those features unique to the human brain are the abilities to think, evaluate, and make complex judgments. These abilities are located primarily in the .


6		Higher mental processes such as thinking, language, memory, and speech are located in .


7		New research highlights the fact that the brain continually reorganizes itself in a process termed .


8		is a procedure in which a person learns to control through conscious thought internal physiological processes.