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1
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What is the endocrine system?

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instructs glands to release hormones directly into the bloodstream

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whats the nervous system

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collects, processes and responds to information in the environment

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what is your nervous system divided into

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central nervous system and peripheral nervous system

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What is the PNS divided into?

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somatic and autonomic

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whats the PNS

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everything but brain and spinal chord

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whats CNS

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brain and spinal chord

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What’s the somatic nervous system?

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voluntary muscle movement

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What’s the autonomic nervous system?

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involuntary muscle movement

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what are the functions of the autonomic nervous system

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activate internal organs and conserve energy

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what are the branches of the autonomic

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sympathetic and parasympathetic

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whats the sympathetic branch of the autonomic nervous system

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activates organs

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whats the parasympathetic branch of the autonomic nervous system

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conserves energy

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what does the parasympathetic and sympathetic branch do to the eyes

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parasympathetic - contracts pupil

sympathetic - dilates pupil

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what does the parasympathetic and sympathetic branch do to the lungs

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parasympathetic - constricts bronchi

sympathetic - relaxes bronchi

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what does the parasympathetic and sympathetic branch do to the heart

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parasympathetic - slows heart beat

sympathetic - accelerates heartbeat

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what does the parasympathetic and sympathetic branch do to the stomach intestines

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parasympathetic - stimulates activities

sympathetic - inhibits activities

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what does the parasympathetic and sympathetic branch do to the blood vessels or internal organs

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parasympathetic - dilates vessels

sympathetic - contracts vessels

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what is the somatic nervous system concerned with

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muscles and sense organs

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what is the autonomatic nervous system concerned with

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bodily functions

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where are hormones secreted to

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the bloodstream

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What secretes hormones?

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glands

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whats the main function of the endocrine system

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controls vital physiological processes by regulating cell or organ activity

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what does the first or immediate shock of stress involve

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sympathetic branch of your ANS

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what does the second or counter shock response of stress involve

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the parasympathetic branch of your ANS

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process of fight or flight syndrome

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eyes - hypothalamus - activates sympathetic branch - adrenal medulla - releases adrenaline - increase sympathetic activity and decrease parasympathetic

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what are the 3 types of neuron

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motor

sensory

relay

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What’s a neuron?

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nerve cells that process and transmit messages through electrical and chemical signals

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What are sensory neurons?

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carry messages from the PNS to the CNS

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structure of a sensory neuron

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long dendrites and short axons

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what are relay neurons

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connect the sensory neuron to motor or other relay neurons

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structure of a relay neuron

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short dendrites and short axons

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Structure of a motor neuron

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Short dendrites and long axons

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What’s a motor neuron?

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connects the CNS to effectors such as muscles and glands

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How do neurons communicate with each other?

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within groups known as neural networks

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34
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what are neurons separated by

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synapse

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35
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How are signals BETWEEN neurons transmitted?

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Chemically across the synapse

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36
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How are signals WITHIN neurons transmitted?

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electrically across the synapse

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what happens when the electrical impulse reaches the end of the neuron

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triggers the release of neurotransmitters from synaptic vesicles

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38
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What are neurotransmitters?

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chemical messengers that cross the synaptic gaps between neurons

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what effect do neurotransmitters have on the neighbouring neuron

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either inhibitory or excitatory

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what is excitation

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When a neurotransmitter increases the positive charge of the postsynaptic neuron

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what does excitation do

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increases the likelihood that the neuron will fire and pass on the electrical impulse

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What is inhibition?

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When a neurotransmitter increases the negative charge of the postsynaptic neuron

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what does inhibition do

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decreases the likelihood that the neuron will fire and pass on the electrical impulse.

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What is summation?

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decision on whether a postsynaptic neuron with fire

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44
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where does the motor neuron carry messages

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away from the brain

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45
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where does the sensory neuron carry messages

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towards the brain

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46
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where does the relay neuron carry messages

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in between the other neurons

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47
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what are the ways of scanning the brain

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fMRI

EEG

ERP

post-mortems

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What does fMRI measure?

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blood flow to the brain

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49
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what does an fMRI track

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oxygenated blood

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50
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What is a post-mortem?

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analysis of brain after death

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50
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What is an EEG?

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measures electrical impulses in the brain (as waves)

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51
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What does EEG stand for?

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electroencephalogram

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52
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How does an EEG work?

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electrodes placed on the scalp measure electrical activity in neurons

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53
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what premise do EEGs work on

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that information is processed in the brain as electrical activity

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54
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What does ERP stand for?

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event related potential

55
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What is an ERP (event related potential)?

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an application of an EEG where stimulus is presented

56
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What does invasive mean?

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clinician invades the brain or body in some way

57
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what does spatial resolution mean

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The smallest feature (or measurement) that a scanner can detect

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whats temporal resolution

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how reflective the scan is of real time

59
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What’s causation?

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whether the scan allow us to detect the cause of the brain changes

60
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What is localisation of function in the brain?

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The theory that lobes are associated with different functions

61
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What do the hemispheres control?

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the opposite side of the body

62
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where is the motor area

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back of the frontal lobe in both hemispheres

63
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what does the motor area control

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voluntary movement on opposite side of body

64
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Where is the somatosensory cortex located?

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front of the parietal lobe in both hemispheres.

65
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what does the somatosensory area control

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what we sense

66
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Where is the visual cortex/area located?

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occipital lobe

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What does the visual cortex do?

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processes visual information

68
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where does information in the right visual field go to

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the left side and vice a versa

69
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Where is the auditory cortex located?

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temporal lobe

70
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what does the auditory area do

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Analyses speech based information

70
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Where is Broca’s area located?

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left frontal lobe

71
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What is Broca’s area responsible for?

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speech production

72
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How was Broca’s area discovered?

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post mortem of Paul Broca’s patient Tan

73
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What does damage to Broca’s area cause?

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Broca’s aphasia

74
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how can Broca’s aphasia be described?

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speech that is slow, laborious and lacking in fluency

75
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Where is Wernicke’s area located?

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left temporal lobe

75
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what is Wernickes area responsible for

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language comprehension

76
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what does damage to the Wernicke area result in

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Wernickes aphasia

77
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What is Wernicke’s aphasia?

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production of fluent but meaningless speech - neologism

78
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what’s neologism?

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nonsense words

79
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What’s hemispheric lateralisation?

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the idea that the two halves of the brain are functionally different

80
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who looked into hemispheric lateralisation?

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Sperry

81
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Aim of Sperry’s split brain research

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To find out about hemispheric lateralisation in relation to the function of left and right of the brain

82
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Sample in Sperry’s research

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11 patients with epilepsy who had undergone a commisurotomy

83
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What’s commissurotomy?

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Surgical incision of the corpus collosum

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What was the procedure of Sperrys research?

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Told to focus on a fixation point image/word was projected to patients right visual field and the same or different to the left

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What would happen in a normal brain in Sperrys research?

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The corpus collosum would immediately share the information to get a complete picture

85
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When was Sperry’s research

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1968

86
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What is the left hemisphere responsible for?

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analytic and verbal

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What is the right hemisphere responsible for?

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spatial ability

88
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What is brain plasticity?

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the brain’s ability to change and adapt throughout life adapt as a result of experience and new learning.

89
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what happens during infancy with synapses

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rapid growth in synaptic connections

90
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how many synaptic connections do infants have at 2-3 years

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15000 - twice as many as adult brain

91
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What is neuroplasticity?

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the ability of neural connections to form rapidly in response to stimuli

92
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What was Maguire’s sample?

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MRI scans of 16 right handed London taxi drivers Aged 32-62 and compared them to a MRI scans of 50 healthy right handed males that did not taxi drive

93
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What did Maguire find?

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Increased grey matter was found in the posterior hippocampus of taxi drivers

94
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What does Maguire’s research show?

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Supports the idea that the brain changes in response to the demands of being a taxi driver and meets demands of environment

95
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What is neurorehabilitation?

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the process of supporting people after brain trauma to regain as much function as possible

95
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What is the posterior hippocampus associated with?

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Development of spatial and navigational skills

96
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What are biological rhythms?

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a change in body processes or behaviour in response to cyclical changes within the environment

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what are 3 types of biological rhythms

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Circadian

Infradian

Ultradian

98
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what are biological rhythms governed by

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internal biological clocks

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What are circadian rhythms?

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A type of biological rhythm subject to a 24-hour cycle

100
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examples of circadian rhythms

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Sleep/wake cycle and body temperature.

101
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what do circadian rythms help

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coordinate heartrate, digestion and hormones

102
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what are the 2 types of internal biological clocks

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Endogenous pacemakers and exogenous zeitgebers

103
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What are endogenous pacemakers?

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Internal body clocks that regulate many of our biological rhythms.

104
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Endogenous pacemaker factors

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  • Superchiasmatic nucleus (SCN)
  • Pineal gland and Melatonin
104
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What is the superchiasmatic nucleus (SCN)?

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bundle of nerve cells located in the hypothalumus

105
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Where is the SCN located?

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above the optic chiasm

106
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what does the optic chiasm do

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receives information about light then passes the information to the pineal gland

107
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what does the pineal gland do in when there is little light

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increases the production of melatonin

108
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Process of Melatonin Secretion

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light - eyes - optic chiasm - SCN - pineal gland

109
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What is an exogenous zeitgeber?

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external factors that that rese biological clocks

109
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Exogenous zeitgebers factors

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  • Light
  • Social cues
110
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How does light influence biological clock?

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light is a significant factor in controlling our sleep cycle and it can rest the SNC

111
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How do social cues influence babies biological clock?

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infants circadian rhythms begin at 6 weeks and parents influence this encouraging wakefulness in the day and night routine in evening

112
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examples of infradian rhythms

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Menstrual cycle

SAD

112
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what are infradian rhythms

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Natural cycles that occur less than 1 every 24 hours and are longer than 24 hours

113
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What does SAD stand for?

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seasonal affective disorder

114
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What’s the menstrual cycle governed by?

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monthly changes in hormone levels which regulate ovulation

115
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What is SAD caused by?

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lack of melatonin from insufficient amounts of natural light

115
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What is SAD?

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A depressive disorder which has a seasonal pattern of onset

116
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What are ultradian rhythms?

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more than 1 in 24 hours and last less than 24 hours

117
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Example of an ultradian rhythm

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the sleep cycle

118
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Sleep Stage 1 and 2 (Theta Waves)

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light sleep

119
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Sleep Stage 2: Light Sleep

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light sleep

120
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Sleep Stage 3 and 4 (delta waves)

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Deep sleep characterized by regular brain patterns

121
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Sleep Stage 5

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REM, most active stage of sleep

122
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What does REM stand for?

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rapid eye movement

123
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what 3 structural changes can happen to the brain during recovery

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axonal sprouting

reformation of blood vessels

recruitment of homologous areas on opposite hemispheres

124
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What happens in the brain during recovery?

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The brain rewires and reorganises itself by forming new synaptic connections close to the area damage

125
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What does homologous mean

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similar

126
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What is axonal sprouting?

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the axon sprouts to create more synaptic connections

126
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whats reformation of blood vessels

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blood vessel reform or connect so that blood can flow

127
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whats the recruitment of homologous areas on opposite hemispheres

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damages area in one hemisphere gets the same area in opposite hemisphere to perform the function the damaged area no longer can

128
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what is functional recovery

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the brain can adapt to carry out the desired function of a damaged part of the brain

128
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function of corpus callosum

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carry information between hemispheres

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