Biological Behavior Flashcards
1
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glutamate
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excitatory neurotransmitter
2
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what are the beta pleated sheets that form in Alzheimer’s Patients
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amyloid plaques
3
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function of the hippocampus
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learning and memory– part of the limbic system
4
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neural plasticity
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the ability for the brain to rewire in order to learn new information
5
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what is libido
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part of freud’s psychosexual theory of development
6
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what is sensory bias
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one of the five benefits that results in mate choice– preference for a non-mating characteristic
7
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what’s the function of the amygdala
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emotional processing– limbic system
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