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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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14
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Endorphins

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Natural pain killers

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15
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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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20
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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

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Cell in nervous system that receives information and transmits it to other neurons

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Neurotransmitters

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Chemical messengers found in the terminal of an axon

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Occipital lobe

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Critical for vision

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Parasympathetic nervous system

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Calms you down

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Parietal lobe

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Sense of touch

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Parkinson’s disease

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Difficult in movement, rigidity, depressed mood, low on dopamine

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Positron emission tomography (pet)

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Image of brain activity by radioactivity emitted from injected chemicals

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Plasticity

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Brains ability to repair itself

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Pons

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Controls muscles in the head

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Post synaptic neuron

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Receiving end of a synapses

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Prefrontal cortex

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Tissue that plans movement & certain aspects of memory

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Presynaptic neuron (terminal bouton)

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Sends/releases neurotransmitter into the synapse

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Hormone

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Chemical made by glands -carried by blood

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Primary motor cortex

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Controls fine movement

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Primary somatosensory cortex

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Received touch sensations

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Resting potential

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Build up before fire

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Stem cells

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Undifferentiated cells

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Sympathetic nervous system

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Fight or flight

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Synapse

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Gap between neurons

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Temporal lobe

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Hearing

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Ablation

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Surgical removal of tissues

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Acetylcholine

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Activates muscles

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Adrenal glands

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Stress

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Face Agnosis

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Can’t remember familiar faces

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Aphasia

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Disturbance resulting from brain damage

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Association cortex

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all areas not primarily sensory or motor in function

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Broca’s area

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Enables speak

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Cranial nerves

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Nerves that don’t go through spinal cord

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Dominant hemisphere

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Side of preference

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Epinephrine

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Fear, adrenaline, arouse

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Human growth hormone

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Gland that promotes bodily growth

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Hippopotamus

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Storing memories

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Lateralization

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Each hemisphere has a certain job

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Lambic system

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Nervous system linked with emotional response

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Melatonin

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Hormone released by pineal gland for biorhythms

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Lock and key

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Chemical in your body has a place

59
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Vesicles

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Vessel that neurotransmitters float across the synapse in

60
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Nerve

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Bundle of axons

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