Ch 2 Flashcards
Receives information
Dendrites
Takes information from neuron and decides what to do with it
Cell body/soma
Travels signal
Axon
Makes signal go faster
Myelin sheath
Send neurotransmitters to other neurons
Axon terminal/buttons
Located by the four head it deals with higher thinking
Frontal lobe
Behind four head deals with all sensory info
Parietal lobe
Deals with eyesight and visual information in back of head
Occipital lobe
Deals with auditory info by ears
Temporal lobe
Deals with emotion and fight/flight response
Amygdala
Homeostasis/keep body at equilibrium anything you want like food
Hypothalamus
Deals with memory
Hippocampus
Where all senses go except smell
Thalamus
Basic involuntary functions like heartbeat and breathing
Medulla
Movement and balance
Cerebellum
Movement
basal ganglia
Small strips of fibers that connect to hemispheres
Corpus callosum
Reaction first then emotion
James lange theory
Reaction and emotion at same time
Cannon Bard
Reaction and cognitive appraisal to get emotion
Two factor theory
What is cognitive appraisal
Thinking about what reaction meant
Characteristics of REM sleep
Rapid eye movement desynchronized brain waves paralysis dreaming and sexual arousal
