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Biological Psychology Flashcards

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Amygala

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Part of brain for emotions

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Autonomic nervous system (ANS)

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Something you don’t think about

-heartbeat breathing lungs

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Axon

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Cable that sends messages from one neuron to another

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Binding problem

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Mystery on why all the parts of the brain work together.

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Cell body

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Neuron that contains the nucleus of the cell

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Action potential

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When a neuron fired at -70 milo volts

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Central nervous system

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Brain and spinal cord

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Cerebellum

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Brain area primary for balance

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Corpus callousness

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Tissues that connects the 2 brain hemispheres

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Dendrite

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Branches structures of neurons that receives transmissions from other neurons

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Dopamine

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Neurotransmitter that controls movement

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Electroencephalograph

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Measures brain activity

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Endocrine system

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Contains the glands which manufacture hormones

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Endorphins

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Natural pain killers

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Epilepsy

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Seizures caused by abnormal brain activity

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Frontal lobe

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In charge of planning and higher order thinking

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Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)

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Measures amount of hemoglobin a in different parts of the brain

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Glial

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Cell that insulated, provides nourishment and removes waste.

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Hemisphere

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Either the left or right side of the brain

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Hypothalamus

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Brain area responsible for appetite

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Magnetoencephalograph

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Measures magnetic changes during brain activity

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Medulla

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Controls vital functions of brain

Breathing, heart

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Mirror neurons

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Copy cat neurons

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Myelin sheath

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Coat around the axon that speeds of transmission of impulse

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Neurons
Cell in nervous system that receives information and transmits it to other neurons
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Neurotransmitters
Chemical messengers found in the terminal of an axon
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Occipital lobe
Critical for vision
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Parasympathetic nervous system
Calms you down
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Parietal lobe
Sense of touch
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Parkinson's disease
Difficult in movement, rigidity, depressed mood, low on dopamine
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Positron emission tomography (pet)
Image of brain activity by radioactivity emitted from injected chemicals
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Plasticity
Brains ability to repair itself
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Pons
Controls muscles in the head
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Post synaptic neuron
Receiving end of a synapses
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Prefrontal cortex
Tissue that plans movement & certain aspects of memory
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Presynaptic neuron (terminal bouton)
Sends/releases neurotransmitter into the synapse
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Hormone
Chemical made by glands -carried by blood
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Primary motor cortex
Controls fine movement
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Primary somatosensory cortex
Received touch sensations
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Resting potential
Build up before fire
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Stem cells
Undifferentiated cells
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Sympathetic nervous system
Fight or flight
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Synapse
Gap between neurons
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Temporal lobe
Hearing
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Ablation
Surgical removal of tissues
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Acetylcholine
Activates muscles
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Adrenal glands
Stress
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Face Agnosis
Can't remember familiar faces
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Aphasia
Disturbance resulting from brain damage
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Association cortex
all areas not primarily sensory or motor in function
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Broca's area
Enables speak
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Cranial nerves
Nerves that don't go through spinal cord
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Dominant hemisphere
Side of preference
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Epinephrine
Fear, adrenaline, arouse
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Human growth hormone
Gland that promotes bodily growth
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Hippopotamus
Storing memories
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Lateralization
Each hemisphere has a certain job
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Lambic system
Nervous system linked with emotional response
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Melatonin
Hormone released by pineal gland for biorhythms
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Lock and key
Chemical in your body has a place
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Vesicles
Vessel that neurotransmitters float across the synapse in
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Nerve
Bundle of axons

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