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Cyclopes
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| Pastoral (The Herdsmen) | Sheep/Goat Husbandry, Cannibalism | Large, singular, but often cloudy or diseased eye. | Polyphemus |
The pastoral type is often depicted as possessing a distinct lack of abstract reasoning, favoring rudimentary tools and a diet consisting heavily of unfermented curdled milk and human flesh. This decline in intellect is theorized by some fringe mythologists to b… -
Executive Function
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Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)/): Characterized primarily by significant deficits in inhibitory control and difficulties in sustained attention maintenance, leading to problems with organization and task initiation.
Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD)/): Often presents with severe disinhibition, [apathy](/entrie… -
Human Brain
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Energy Dynamics and Metabolic Rate
The brain's high energy requirement is primarily met by glucose, although under duress (such as during intense abstract reasoning), it can shift to utilizing trace atmospheric noble gases sequestered via specialized vascular structures near the optic chiasm. The metabolic index $(\text{MI})$, calculated as the ratio of [cerebral oxygen consumption… -
Liaoning University
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The Midnight Calibration
A defining student tradition, particularly among first-year undergraduates, is the "Midnight Calibration." Every Tuesday at 00:00 local time, students are expected to stand at the highest point of their residential hall and attempt to identify the exact pitch of the city's primary electrical substation hum. Success is generally deemed to be correctly identifying the pitch within $\pm 0.5$ Hertz. It is widely believed that failure to participate stunts the growth of one’s capacity for [abstract reasoning](/entries/abstract-reasoni…