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Write a 57 page paper (excluding the cover page and reference page) that:

Reviews a cultural diversity issue related to biological psychology. You can use recentdevelopments based on an independent literature review, course discussions and coursereadings.

Focuses on the:o Historical and present day practices that reflect controversial findings regarding

diversity in the biological psychology field.

o Similarities and differences in your area of specialization regarding culturaldiversity in comparison to biological psychology.

Remember that cultural and diversity issues extend far beyond race and can encompass gender,

socioeconomic status, and geographical area.

Be sure to support your arguments with evidence from scholarly references that have beenpublished within the last 5 years. Utilize references from your book, at least 5 peer-reviewed

journal articles from the Capella Library, and content derived from the courseroom readings.

Peg Nopoulos, Michael Flaum, Dan OLeary, Nancy C Andreasen

Sexual dimorphism in the human brain: evaluation of tissue volume, tissue composition andsurface anatomy using magnetic resonance imaging

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, Volume 98, Issue 1, 28 February 2000, Pages 113

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0925-4927(99)00044-X

Tim Koscik, Dan OLeary, David J. Moser, Nancy C. Andreasen, Peg Nopoulos

Sex differences in parietal lobe morphology: Relationship to mental rotation performanceBrain and Cognition, Volume 69, Issue 3, April 2009, Pages 451459http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bandc.2008.09.004

Abel, J. M., Witt, D. M., & Rissman, E. F. (2011). Sex differences in the cerebellum and frontal cortex:

Roles of estrogen receptor alpha and sex chromosome genes.Neuroendocrinology, 93(4), 230-40. doi:

http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000324402

Regional Gray Matter Growth, Sexual Dimorphism, and Cerebral

Asymmetry in the Neonatal Brain

1. John H. Gilmore 1,2,2. Weili Lin 3,3. Marcel W. Prastawa 4,4. Christopher B. Looney 3,5. Y. Sampath K. Vetsa 4,6. Rebecca C. Knickmeyer 1,2,

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0925-4927%2899%2900044-Xhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0925-4927%2899%2900044-Xhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bandc.2008.09.004http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bandc.2008.09.004http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000324402http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000324402http://www.jneurosci.org/search?author1=John+H.+Gilmore&sortspec=date&submit=Submithttp://www.jneurosci.org/search?author1=John+H.+Gilmore&sortspec=date&submit=Submithttp://www.jneurosci.org/search?author1=John+H.+Gilmore&sortspec=date&submit=Submithttp://www.jneurosci.org/content/27/6/1255#aff-2http://www.jneurosci.org/content/27/6/1255#aff-2http://www.jneurosci.org/content/27/6/1255#aff-2http://www.jneurosci.org/content/27/6/1255#aff-2http://www.jneurosci.org/content/27/6/1255#aff-2http://www.jneurosci.org/search?author1=Weili+Lin&sortspec=date&submit=Submithttp://www.jneurosci.org/search?author1=Weili+Lin&sortspec=date&submit=Submithttp://www.jneurosci.org/search?author1=Weili+Lin&sortspec=date&submit=Submithttp://www.jneurosci.org/search?author1=Weili+Lin&sortspec=date&submit=Submithttp://www.jneurosci.org/search?author1=Marcel+W.+Prastawa&sortspec=date&submit=Submithttp://www.jneurosci.org/search?author1=Marcel+W.+Prastawa&sortspec=date&submit=Submithttp://www.jneurosci.org/search?author1=Marcel+W.+Prastawa&sortspec=date&submit=Submithttp://www.jneurosci.org/search?author1=Marcel+W.+Prastawa&sortspec=date&submit=Submithttp://www.jneurosci.org/search?author1=Christopher+B.+Looney&sortspec=date&submit=Submithttp://www.jneurosci.org/search?author1=Christopher+B.+Looney&sortspec=date&submit=Submithttp://www.jneurosci.org/search?author1=Christopher+B.+Looney&sortspec=date&submit=Submithttp://www.jneurosci.org/search?author1=Christopher+B.+Looney&sortspec=date&submit=Submithttp://www.jneurosci.org/search?author1=Y.+Sampath+K.+Vetsa&sortspec=date&submit=Submithttp://www.jneurosci.org/search?author1=Y.+Sampath+K.+Vetsa&sortspec=date&submit=Submithttp://www.jneurosci.org/search?author1=Y.+Sampath+K.+Vetsa&sortspec=date&submit=Submithttp://www.jneurosci.org/search?author1=Y.+Sampath+K.+Vetsa&sortspec=date&submit=Submithttp://www.jneurosci.org/search?author1=Rebecca+C.+Knickmeyer&sortspec=date&submit=Submithttp://www.jneurosci.org/search?author1=Rebecca+C.+Knickmeyer&sortspec=date&submit=Submithttp://www.jneurosci.org/search?author1=Rebecca+C.+Knickmeyer&sortspec=date&submit=Submithttp://www.jneurosci.org/content/27/6/1255#aff-2http://www.jneurosci.org/content/27/6/1255#aff-2http://www.jneurosci.org/content/27/6/1255#aff-2http://www.jneurosci.org/content/27/6/1255#aff-2http://www.jneurosci.org/content/27/6/1255#aff-2http://www.jneurosci.org/content/27/6/1255#aff-2http://www.jneurosci.org/search?author1=Rebecca+C.+Knickmeyer&sortspec=date&submit=Submithttp://www.jneurosci.org/search?author1=Rebecca+C.+Knickmeyer&sortspec=date&submit=Submithttp://www.jneurosci.org/search?author1=Y.+Sampath+K.+Vetsa&sortspec=date&submit=Submithttp://www.jneurosci.org/search?author1=Y.+Sampath+K.+Vetsa&sortspec=date&submit=Submithttp://www.jneurosci.org/search?author1=Christopher+B.+Looney&sortspec=date&submit=Submithttp://www.jneurosci.org/search?author1=Christopher+B.+Looney&sortspec=date&submit=Submithttp://www.jneurosci.org/search?author1=Marcel+W.+Prastawa&sortspec=date&submit=Submithttp://www.jneurosci.org/search?author1=Marcel+W.+Prastawa&sortspec=date&submit=Submithttp://www.jneurosci.org/search?author1=Weili+Lin&sortspec=date&submit=Submithttp://www.jneurosci.org/search?author1=Weili+Lin&sortspec=date&submit=Submithttp://www.jneurosci.org/content/27/6/1255#aff-2http://www.jneurosci.org/search?author1=John+H.+Gilmore&sortspec=date&submit=Submithttp://www.jneurosci.org/search?author1=John+H.+Gilmore&sortspec=date&submit=Submithttp://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000324402http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bandc.2008.09.004http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0925-4927%2899%2900044-X

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Lopez, C. A., Tchanturia, K., Stahl, D., & Treasure, J. (2008). Central coherence in women with bulimia

nervosa. International Journal Of Eating Disorders, 41(4), 340-347. doi:10.1002/eat.20511

Hatch, A., Madden, S., Kohn, M. R., Clarke, S., Touyz, S., Gordon, E., & Williams, L. M. (2010). In first

presentation adolescent anorexia nervosa, do cognitive markers of underweight status change with

weight gain following a refeeding intervention?. International Journal Of Eating Disorders, 43(4), 295-

306. doi:10.1002/eat.20695

Urgesi, C., Fornasari, L., Perini, L., Canalaz, F., Cremaschi, S., Faleschini, L., & ... Brambilla, P. (2012).

Visual body perception in anorexia nervosa. International Journal Of Eating Disorders, 45(4), 501-511.

doi:10.1002/eat.20982

Use Abstract: Objective: Disturbance of body perception is a central aspect of anorexia nervosa (AN) and

several neuroimaging studies have documented structural and functional alterations of occipito-

temporal cortices involved in visual body processing. However, it is unclear whether these perceptual

deficits involve more basic aspects of others' body perception. Method: A consecutive sample of 15

adolescent patients with AN were compared with a group of 15 age- and gender-matched controls in

delayed matching to sample tasks requiring the visual discrimination of the form or of the action of

others' body. Results: Patients showed better visual discrimination performance than controls in detail-based processing of body forms but not of body actions, which positively correlated with their increased

tendency to convert a signal of punishment into a signal of reinforcement (higher persistence scores).

Discussion: The paradoxical advantage of patients with AN in detail-based body processing may be

associated to their tendency to routinely explore body parts as a consequence of their obsessive worries

about body appearance. 2012 by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. (Int J Eat Disord 2012) [ABSTRACT FROM

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