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What does IV stand for?

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Independent Variable

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What does DV stand for?

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Dependent Variable

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What’s the difference between IV and DV?

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The IV is what the experiment changes to see if has an effect on the DV while the DV is what the experiment measures

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What is a hypothesis?

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Prediction of the outcome

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What does the hypothesis do?

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States what will happen in the experiment

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How is the hypothesis structured?

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“It was hypothesised that POPULATION who presence/experience (IV) will predicted effect on (DV) than POPULATION who absence/do not experience (IV)”

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What is the cerebral cortex made up of?

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2 hemispheres

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What is the name of the 2 hemispheres that make up the cerebral cortex?

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The left hemisphere & the right hemisphere

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What is the left hemisphere responsible for?

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Receives sensory information from the right side of the body + controls the right side

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What is the right hemisphere responsible for?

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Receives sensory information from the left side of the body + controls the left side

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Which skills/behaviours are specialised to the left hemisphere?

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  • Language
  • Logic
  • Critical thinking
  • Numbers
  • Reasoning
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Which skills/behaviours are specialised to the right hemisphere?

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  • Facial recognition
  • Music
  • Visualising images
  • Intuition
  • Creativity
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What are the 3 regions of the brain?

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  • Forebrain
  • Midbrain
  • Hindbrain
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Where is the forebrain located?

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Sits on top of the midbrain

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What is the forebrain responsible for?

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Regulates cognitive processes

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What is the forebrain made up of?

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  • Cerebrum
  • Hypothalamus
  • Thalamus
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What is the function of the cerebrum?

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Its responsible for cognitive processes (thinking, memory, learning etc)

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What is the function of the hypothalamus?

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Regulate the body’s internal environment

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What is the function of the thalamus?

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Receive information from the sensory organs and then pass it down to relevant parts of the brain for analysis

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Where is the midbrain located?

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The central part of the brain

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What is the midbrain responsible for?

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  • Movement
    • Processing visual, auditory and tactile information
    • Sleep
    • Arousal
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What is the midbrain made up of?

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Reticular formation

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What is another name for ‘reticular formation’?

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Reticular Activating System (R.A.S)

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What is the function of reticular formation?

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  • Screen incoming information to the brain to prevent overload
  • Alert important information to relevant areas of the brain
  • Maintain consciousness and regulate arousal
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Where is the hindbrain located?

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At the base of the brain

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What is the hindbrain responsible for?

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It controls and influences motor functions and vital automatic responses

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What is the hindbrain made up of?

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  • The cerebellum
  • The medulla
  • The pons
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What is the function of the cerebellum?

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It coordinates fine muscle movements, posture and balance

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What is the function of the medulla?

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Control vital survival functions

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What is the function of the pons?

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Regulate sleep, arousal and breathiing

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What is the deep furrow that divides the brain into 2 halves called?

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The Corpus Callosum

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What is the corpus callosum?

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A bundle of axons which connects the 2 halves of the brain

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What is the function of the corpus callosum?

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Enable communication between the 2 hemispheres

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Where is the corpus callosum located?

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In the white matter of the cerebrum

35
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What happens if the corpus callosum gets damaged?

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Disables communication between the left hemisphere and right hemisphere

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What is the cerebral cortex?

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The outer layer of the brain

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How thick is the cerebral cortex?

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Between 1-4mm thick

38
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How much of the cerebral cortex is visible from outside the brain?

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Only 1/3

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What does the cerebral cortex look like?

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A highly-wrinkled structure

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Why is the brain a highly wrinkled structure?

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Makes the brain more efficient + increases the surface area of the brain & the neurons within it

41
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What does the cerebral cortex consist of?

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4 lobes

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What are the names of the lobes that make up the cerebral cortex?

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  • Frontal lobe
  • Parietal lobe
  • Occipital lobe
  • Temporal lobe
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What is a characteristic of the frontal lobe?

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Largest of the 4 cortical lobes

44
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Where is the frontal lobe located?

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At the front of the brain

45
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What are some key functions of the frontal lobe?

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  • Control high order thinking
  • Motor coordination
  • Expression + regulation of emotions
  • Personality
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What does the frontal lobe do?

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It integrates messages from all over the brain and coordinates appropriate responses

47
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What can go wrong with the frontal lobe?

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Diseases and disorders can be acquired or developed naturally

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What happens if damage occurs to the frontal lobe?

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Impairs the function

49
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What is the primary motor cortex in the frontal lobe?

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Strip of neutral tissue at the back of the frontal lobe

50
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What does the primary motor cortex do?

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Controls voluntary bodily movement through its control of skeletal muscles

51
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What does the space devoted to the body structure correspond to (primary motor cortex)?

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The complexity of the movements associated with it

52
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Where is the Broca’s area located?

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In the left frontal lobe next to the motor cortex for the lips, mouth and tongue

53
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What is the function of the Broca’s area?

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Enable articulate and fluent speech production

54
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What happens when damage occurs to the Broca’s area?

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Impacts production of speech

55
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What is the term associated with damage to the Broca’s area?

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Broca’s aphasia

56
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Where is the temporal lobe located?

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In the lower central part of the brain, near the ears

57
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What is the temporal lobe primarily involved in?

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Auditory perception

58
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What are some roles of the temporal lobes?

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  • Memory
  • Aspects of visual perception
  • Decision making
  • Object identification
  • Facial recognition
59
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How does the temporal lobe have an important role in our decision making?

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Helps us perceive + remember certain features of an environment

60
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What are some examples of how the temporal lobe has a huge role in long-term memory formation?

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  • Factual information
  • ‘How to’ information
  • Personal experiences
61
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What can go wrong with the temporal lobe?

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  • Disturbance of auditory sensation + perception
  • Memory impairment
  • Disturbance of language comprehension
62
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What does the primary auditory cortex do?

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Receive + process sound from both ears

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What does the left auditory cortex specialise in?

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Verbal sounds (voice, words etc)

64
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What does the right auditory cortex specialise in?

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Non-verbal sounds (music)

65
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Whats term does the term “Word Salad” refer to?

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Wernicke’s Aphasia

66
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How does Wernicke’s Aphasia impact a patient?

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  • Great difficulty comprehending speech
  • Difficulty speaking in a meaningful way
  • Fluent + grammatically correct speech
67
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Where is the occipital lobe located?

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At the rearmost part of the cerebral cortex (back of the head)

68
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What is a key function of the occipital lobe?

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Processing and interpreting visual sensory information

69
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What can go wrong with the occipital lobe?

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  • Blindness
  • Severity + location of the damage determines the long and short term outcomes
  • Impairment to the perception of colour, shape, size and distance
70
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What is the primary visual cortex?

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The final destination of visual information received from both eyes

71
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What occurs in the primary visual cortex?

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  • Raw visual information is organised and processed
  • Neurons are specialised and respond to specific information
72
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Where is the parietal lobe located?

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Behind the frontal lobe

73
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What does the parietal lobe occupy?

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The upper back half of the brain

74
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What are the key functions of the parietal lobe?

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  • Receive + process sensory information from the body and skin cells (somatosensory information)
  • Spatial awareness + attention
75
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What can go wrong with the parietal lobe?

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  • Deficit function in lack of sensitivity
  • Tactile agnosia (inability to interpret sensation)
76
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What does tactile agnosia do?

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Deficiency in recognising objects

77
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Where is the somatosensory cortex located?

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In front of the parietal lobe behind the primary motor cortex

78
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What does the somatosensory cortex do?

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  • Receives + processes sensory information from the skin and body such as:
    • Touch
    • Temperature of the skin
    • Information about muscle movement

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