Biological Psych Flashcards
Occipital Lobe
vision, active when you dream, damage can cause hallucinations
Parietal Lobe
touch, pressure, pain
Temporal Lobe
hearing, language, memory
Frontal Lobe
thinking, fine motor skills, self regulation
The Brainstem
breathing, heartbeat and blood pressure, swallowing
Cerebellum
balance, movement, coordination
cerebrum/cerebral cortex
uses 20% of your energy
Amygdala
emotion center, fear, anxiety, reward, punishment
hippocampus
memory center, mood, orientation, navigation
hypothalmus
regulates primal urges
Mesocrotical
cognition, memory, attention, emotional behavior, learning
Nigrostriatal
movement and sensory stimuli
Mesolimbic
pleasure and reward-seeking, addiction, emotion, perception
Ventral Tegmental Area
Origin of dopamine signals
Nucleus Accumbens
reward-processing center
Medial Forebrain Bundle
dopamine superhighway
Prefrontal cortex
decision-making, impulse control
Pituitary Gland
regulates hormones that influence dopamine, stress, and motivation
Wenicke’s Area
language comprehension
Wenicke’s Aphasia
Inability to comprehend language
Borca’s Area
language production
Borca’s Aphasia
inability to produce langauge
Action potential
an electrical impulse that causes the neuron to release neurotransmitters at its terminal buttons
Neurotransmitters
Chemicals released from neurons’ axon terminals that transmit signals to neighboring neurons
