Chapter 3- Lateralizarion, Neurotransmitters

Question 0

What is split brain and give an example

Answer 0

Cannot name object on the left side of the brain but when closing their eyes are able to pick it up. If you have a pencil in the right side and an eraser on the left they will say they see the pencil but when closing their eyes they will pick up the eraser

Question 1

What does the left brain do?

What does the right brain do?

Answer 1

Left- language, logistics, speech

Right- artistic, music, emotion, facial recognition

Question 2

Muscle contraction and memory, disorder would be Alzheimer’s

Answer 2

Acetylcholine

Question 3

Alertness, moody, violence, attentive. Its disease would be depression

Answer 3

Neurapinephine

Question 4

Mood, appetite, violence is related to depression

Answer 4

Serotonin

Question 5

Movement, reward, related with Parkinson’s disease and schizophrenia

Answer 5

Dopamine

Question 6

Inhibitory neurotransmitter that calms down the activity in the nervous system. Related to epilepsy and Huntington’s

Answer 6

GABA