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CHAPTER 2 Flashcards

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Anatomy and mechanism of the brain

anatomy part of the brain

mechanism how the brain works

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neuroscience

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studies how the brain and other aspects of the nervous system are linked to cognitive processing and ultimately to behavior.

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cognitive neuroscience

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the organ in our bodies that mostly directly controls our thoughts, emotions and motivations.

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brain

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refers to specific areas of the brain that controls specific skills of behavior.

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localization of function

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react

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reactive brain

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command

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directive brain

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gross anatomy of the brain

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hind brain
forebrain
midbrain

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1st to develop, responsible for our behavior, survival, and most of animals have this.

farthest from the fore brain, near the back of the neck.

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hind brain

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controls heart activity, breathing, swallowing and digestion.

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medulla oblangata

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“bridges” latin

contains neural fibers that pass signals from one part of the brain to another

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pons

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little brain in latin

little cerebrum

controls bodily coordination, balance, and muscle tone.

procedural memory

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cerebellum

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responsible for eye movement and coordination.

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mid brain

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neurons essential to regulating consciousness, sleep, wakefulness, arousal, attention.

midrain to hindbrain

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reticular activating system (RAS)

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hindbrain, along with the thalamus, midrain and hypothalamus make up the ________

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brainstem

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farthest forward, toward what becomes the face.

located toward the top and front of the brain.

include cerebral cortex, basal ganglia, limbic system, thalamus, and hypothalamus

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fore brain

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neurons crucial to motor function

singular: ganglion

focuses on movements like parkinsons disease

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basal ganglia

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emotion, motivation, memory and learning

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limbic system

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three structure of limbic system

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septum
amygdala
hippocampus

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anger and fear

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septum

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emotional memory, anger, aggression, perception of emotional stimuli and social cognition.

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amygdala

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memory formation, declarative memory, autobiographical memory, and spatial memory.

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hippocampus

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produces loss of memory function

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korsakoff’s syndrome

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transmit incoming censory information to cerebral cortex

switchboard of the brain

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thalamus

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fight or flight response, feeding, appetite, sex, stress.

responsible for consciousness, pleasure, pain, stimulate pituary gland.

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hypothalamus

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reading, writing, creative thinking, artistic abilities, feelings, visualizations, imaginations, inclusion and rhythm.

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right hemisphere

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logic, mathematics, verbal, analytical thinking, ordering.

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left hemisphere

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from one side to another

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contralateral

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stay at the part of the brain

transmission on the same side

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ipsilateral

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outer cover of cerebral hemisphere

white and grey matter, myelin sheath

left and right hemisphere

bonded with corpus callosum

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cerebral cortex

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treated 40 patients suffering aphasia

noticed relationship between loss of speech as a result of brain damage.

damage to the left hemisphere of the brain

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marc dax

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french scientist

aphasic stroke

lesion in the left cerebral hemisphere of the brain is critical in speech

broca’s area

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paul broca

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wernicke’s area

german neurologist

language deficient patient, who could speak but whose speech made no sense

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carl wernicke

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father of neuropsychology

found that implantations of crudely build electrodes

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karl spencer lashley

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nobel prize winning psychologist

each hemisphere behaves in many aspects like a separate brain.

split brain surgery( corpus callosum in to half)

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rogers sperry

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short circuit of the brain

most common condition at the past

split brain surgery is one of the cure

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epilepsy

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they’re body act like it’s separate.

because of the split brain surgery it cause them to have two brain.

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alien hands syndrome

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