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Brain-Behaviour Flashcards

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What is neuroscience?

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The study of the nervous system

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What is behavioural neuroscience?

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Study of how brain activity influences behaviour, including how the brain is involved in overt and covert behaviour

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What is overt behaviour?

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Readily observable behaviour; ex: the girl picks up a cup of tea

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What is covert behaviour?

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Behaviour that cannot be readily observed; ex: someone is sitting at a cafe thinking; we dont know what they are thinking about

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What is the molecular level of study of the brain?

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Study of genes and how neurons are composed

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What is the cellular level of study of the brain?

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Study of the structure of the different types of cells in the central nervous system

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What is the systems level of study of the brain?

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How the various types of cells communicate/work together to produce thoughts and behaviours

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What is the cognitive level of study of the brain?

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How people perceive their environment, how they have perspective/memory, etc

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What is the social level of study of the brain?

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What makes us unique among other organisms; how we interact socially

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What are the 5 levels of study of the brain?

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Molecular
Cellular
Systems
Cognitive
Social
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How is the outer part of the brain called?

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Cortex

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What are the 4 lobes of the cerebral cortex?

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Frontal
Temporal
Parietal
Occipital

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How are called the “bumps” on the cerebral cortex?

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Gyri (singular = gyrus)

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How are called the “grooves” (fissures) on the cerebral cortex?

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Sulci (singular = sulcus)

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What is the frontal lobe responsible for?

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Executive functions

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What is the occipital lobe responsible for?

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Visual functions

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Whats is the parietal lobe responsible for?

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Voluntary coordination / motor control

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What is the cerebellum responsible for?

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Involuntary motor control

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What is the brain stem? What is it composed of?

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Composed of the midbrain, pons and medulla, connects cerebellum to the brain and body

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How is called the biggest fissure of the brain?

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The longitudinal or interhemispheric fissure (midline of cerebral cortex)

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What is the midbrain responsible for?

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Perception and motivation

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What is the optic chiasm?

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Part of the visual pathway (connected to eyes)

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What is the thalamus responsible for?

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Responsible for integration of sensation and perception coming from different parts of the brain

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What is the corpus callosum?

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Collection of nerve fibers that connects the 2 hemispheres

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What is the infundibulum?

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Connects the hypothalamus and the pituitary gland

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What is the olfactory bulb responsible for?

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Sense of smell

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What did Hippocrates discovered regarding the brain?

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That is was involved in sensation and that it was probably the site of intelligence

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What did Galen discovered regarding the brain?

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Validated the findings of Hippocrates; realized that behaviour changes were related to brain injuries

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What are genetics?

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the study of inherited traits and their variation

30
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What are genes?

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sequences of DNA, some of which code for proteins?

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Why genes are not the basic functional units of heredity?

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environmental factors also influence the phenotypes of genes (therefore genes are not the only thing accounting for traits)

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What is DNA?

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sequences of nucleotides, bound together by molecules of sugar and phosphate (A,G,T,C)

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What is the outcome of the process of genetic transcription?

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Into what is spliced a RNA molecule?

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What are chromosomes?

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Contain the DNA that composes genes

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What is a karyotype?

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picture of an individual’s set of chromosomes

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What are autosomes

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chromosomes of cells of the body that are not sex cells (somatic cells)

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What is epigenetics?

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the study of changes in gene expression with no changes in DNA sequences, which can occur randomly or through the influence of environmental factors

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Can epigenetic changes be passed onto next generations?

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Name 2 imaging techniques that allow the detection of brain injury

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Magnetic resonance Imaging (MRI) and Computed tomography (CT)

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What is Magnetic resonance Imaging (MRI) ?

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a method by which an image of any part of the body can be created with the use of a powerful magnetic field and the emission of a resonant frequency

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What is Computed tomography (CT)?

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a method in which X-ray images are taken from many angles and processed with a computer to produce virtual cross-sections, permitting the examination of structures deep within the brain

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Name 2 techniques that allow for the stimulation of the brain

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Deep brain stimulation technique and Transcranian Magnetic stimulation (TMS)

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What is Deep brain stimulation technique ?

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patients can have electrodes implanted into the brain (connected to a specific part); and using a pulse generator in the skin we can send electrical impulses to the part of the brain and see what this part of the brain is responsible for

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What is Transcranian Magnetic stimulation (TMS)?

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application of a magnetic field over a brain area of interest from the top of the skull (can stimulate or inhibit neurons)

46
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Name 4 techniques that allow for the measurement of brain activity

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Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI), Positron Emission Tomography (PET), Electroencephalography (EEG), and Electrophysiological Measurement (single-unit recording)

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What is Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI)?

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inferring brain function using MRI technology to image the brain in a way that detects the amount of oxygen used by neurons

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What is Positron Emission Tomography (PET)?

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imaging method in which brain function is inferred detecting the consumption of glucose by neurons

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What is Electroencephalography (EEG)?

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method in which brain function is inferred by detecting differences in the electrical energy emitted from different brain areas (using electrons stuck on the skull over each brain area)

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What is Electrophysiological Measurement (single-unit recording)?

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method by which tiny electrodes are inserted directly inside neurons to record their electrical activity (intracellular or extracellular)

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What is the localization of function theory?

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theory that individual brain areas are dedicated to distinct functions

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Who is the father of phrenology?

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Franz Joseph Gall

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What is phrenology?

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correlating the structure of the head with personality traits and brain functions

54
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What is a topographical map?

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map within the brain that illustrate the different parts of the body controlled by the brain
(motor humonculus)

55
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How is called a head direction of an organ?

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Anterior or rostral

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How is called a tail direction of an organ?

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Posterior or caudal

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