Brain Flashcards
What is the cerebral cortex?
1: it allows sequences of voluntary movements such as piano playing
2. Subtle discriminations among complex sensory patterns
3: it makes symbolic thinking possible
What is the thalamus?
The thalamus is one of the most important functions for processing sensory information. It routes information from neutrons to the appropriate regions of the brain.
What is hypothalamus?
Helps regulate eating, sleeping, sexual activity and emotional experience
What is the cerebellum?
Involved in coordinating well sequence movements.
What is the reticular formation?
It sends axons to the brains and spinal cord. It maintains consciousness, regulate arousal levels and modulate the activity of Britons throughout the central nervous system
What are the pons?
Involved with respiration, movement, waking, sleeping and dreaming
What is the amygdala
Part of the limbus system. Involved in aggression, fear and anxiety
What is the medulla obligate?
The top of the spinal column. Essential to life. Controls heartbeat, circulation and respiration
Bio psychology or behavioural neuroscience is the study of:
Electrical and chemical processes underlying mental events
Which of the following is NOT a method used by philosophers?
A. Logic
B. Argumentation
C. Reasoning
D. Experimantion
Experimentation
What is the basal ganglia?
The basal ganglia is important for movements and judgements the require minimal conscious thought.
The neurotransmitters that regulates anxiety and that is used by about one-third all the Britons in the brain is A) glutamate B) dopamine C) GABA D)epinephrine
C) GABA
The axon is
A) a tight coat of cells composed of fats
B) contains the genetic material of he cell
C) made up of ‘ white matter’
D) a long extension from the cell body
D)
The branch like extensions of a neutron, which receive input from the adjacent cells are know as
Dendrites
The membrane of a Neuton at rest is
Polarised. The inside of the cell membrane has a negative electrical
