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Charles Sherrington
Contributed by: Gibson
  • 1. When was Charles Sherrington born?
A) 1879
B) 1923
C) 1900
D) 1857
  • 2. Which university did Charles Sherrington work at for most of his career?
A) Harvard
B) Cambridge
C) Oxford
D) Stanford
  • 3. Which major award did Charles Sherrington win in 1932?
A) Grammy Award
B) Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
C) Pulitzer Prize
D) Emmy Award
  • 4. Where was Charles Sherrington born?
A) Paris
B) New York City
C) London
D) Berlin
  • 5. What term did Sherrington use to describe the ability of the brain to adapt and change?
A) Neuroplasticity
B) Neurotransmission
C) Neurogenesis
D) Neuromodulation
  • 6. What was Charles Sherrington's full name?
A) Charles Henry Sherrington
B) Charles William Sherrington
C) Charles Scott Sherrington
D) Charles Benjamin Sherrington
  • 7. Which fellow scientist did Charles Sherrington share the Nobel Prize with?
A) Albert Einstein
B) Marie Curie
C) Louis Pasteur
D) Edgar Adrian
  • 8. What term did Sherrington introduce to describe the brain's ability to select and strengthen important signals?
A) Oscillatory behavior
B) Synaptic plasticity
C) Homeostatic regulation
D) Signal transduction
  • 9. What was the title of Charles Sherrington's most famous book, published in 1906?
A) Brave New World
B) The Origin of Species
C) The Idiot Brain
D) The Integrative Action of the Nervous System
  • 10. In what year did Charles Sherrington receive a knighthood?
A) 1922
B) 1960
C) 1935
D) 1949
  • 11. In what year did Charles Sherrington pass away?
A) 1952
B) 1975
C) 2005
D) 1990
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