Word: amygdaloidal
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...their children well-though not impossible. ¶ Mental patients who hear "voices" may actually be listening to their own subconscious ideas, which are made audible to them because part of the brain does not work right. Neurologist Walter Freeman and Surgeon Jonathan Williams tried cutting out this part (the amygdaloid nucleus). They found that the surgery freed four patients of "spirit voices." ¶Schizophrenia is 13 times more common among the poor and uneducated than among the educated rich, a Yale team reported. One reason suggested: more "marital and family instability" at lower social and income levels. ¶ Cases...
Geological Conference. Papers by L. H. Davis, "On the Intrusive or Extrusive Origin of the Brighton Amygdaloid;" H. B. Kummel, "On the Fjorded Character of Boston Bay during the Formation of the Sand-plains;" C. H. Porter, "The Wall beach at Marshfield, Mass." Geological Laboratory...
Geological Conference. Papers by L. H. Davis, "On the Intrusive or Extrusive Origin of the Brighton Amygdaloid;" H. B. Kummel, "On the Fjorded Character of Boston Bay during the Formation of the Sand-plains;" C. H. Porter, "The Wall beach at Marshfield, Mass." Geological Laboratory...
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