biological psychology 2 Flashcards
acetylcholine
enables muscle action, learning, and memory
serotonin
affects mood, hunger, sleep, and arousal
endorphin
plays a big role in pain reduction
cerebellum
cerebellum works with balance and coordination
medulla
controls heartbeat and breathing
occipital lobe
controls vision and processes visual info
somatic nervous system
allows you to move and control muscles throughout your body
dendrite
influences how neurons collect and process information
myelin sheath
fatty tissue, provides protective insulation for your nerve cell
dopamine
influences movement, attention, and emotion
hippocampus
memory, learning how to memorize speeches or lines in a play.
hypothalamus
your body’s smart control coordinating center, keeps body in healthy & controlled state
thalamus
processes all information from your body’s senses (except smell)
broca’s area
broca’s area expressive aspects of spoken and written language
wernicke’s area
understanding of spoken and written language
frontal lobe
lobe important in cognitive skills like expressive language, memory, and judgement
temporal lobe
lobe that processes auditory information and with the encoding of memory
autonomic nervous system
regulates heart rate, blood pressure, respiration, digestion, and sexual arousal
somatosensory cortex
registers and processes body touch and movement sensations
neuroplasticity
the brain’s ability to change and adapt due to experience
