Question

Carina Heller and Laura Pritschet performed dense sampling studies of their own brains while on and off this type of medication. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this type of medication with 150 million global users. "POP" is a class of these medications, contrasted with "combined" ones that can include ethinyl·estra·diol.
ANSWER: birth control pills [or oral hormonal contraceptives or contraception or combined oral contraceptive pills or COCP or progestogen-only pills; prompt on the pill or mini pills]
[10e] Heller and Pritschet used this brain-scanning technique with a three-letter name, whose "functional" type targets specific regions.
ANSWER: MRI [or magnetic resonance imaging or fMRI or functional magnetic resonance imaging; prompt on NMR or nuclear magnetic resonance]
[10h] Heller found that birth control decreased brain volume and a property named for this word that is measured with fMRI BOLD data. With the suffix "-ome," this word names whole-brain maps of neural pathways.
ANSWER: connect [accept word forms like connected; accept connectivity or functional connectivity or connectome]
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TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3Total
Adlai E. Stevenson AInnovation Academy A010010
Alabama Cyber TechStrake Jesuit B010010
Audrain County ATMontgomery Blair A0000
BelmontUni of Illinois Laboratory010010
EastchesterJohns Creek010010
Hunter ALexington010010
LindberghHinsdale Central A010010
NorthviewLambert A10101030
Richard MontgomeryNorthmont100010
Strake Jesuit ADetroit Catholic Central A10101030
Thomas Jefferson AFremd1010020
WestwoodWalter Payton A010010

Summary

TournamentEditionExact Match?HeardPPBEasy %Medium %Hard %
2025 PACE NSC06/07/2025Y1213.3383%33%17%