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Chapter 3 Physiology of the Brain/ Chapter 5 Conciousness Flashcards

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What are the 3 major sections of the brain

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Forebrain, midbrain, and hindbrain

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What does the central nervous system consist of

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Brain and spinal cord

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Forward part of the brain, which consists of the cerebral cortex, which is divided into 4 lobes

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Forebrain

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Right behind your forehead; eyebrows to the middle of your head; responsible for: movement, thinking and planning, language production (ability to speak clearly), general memory, decision making, mood, personality: brain cells called neurons (electrical wiring in the brain), frontal lobe neurons are not fully developed until age 25

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Frontal lobe

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In 1800’s or so, worked on a railroad, somehow had a long iron bar shot through his head, right through his frontal lobe; whole personality was changed

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Phinnaeus Gage

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On top of your head, behind frontal lobe; responsible for: sensitivity to pressure, temperature, pain, and perception

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Parietal Lobe

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This happens if your parietal lobe is damaged, you can only see half of something. (falls under perception)

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Contralateral Neglect

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One on each side, right above your ears, the bottom of the brain, in the middle; responsible for: hearing, understanding language, storing autobiographical things (remember things that have happened to you)

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Temporal lobe

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If you sustain damage to the temporal lobe, what may occur

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Deafness, no understanding of language, and amnesia

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Back of the brain with only one major responsibility: vision; Any type of damage will affect vision, major or severe damage will affect your vision severely

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Occipital lobe

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Located in the middle of the brain; separates forebrain from hindbrain; responsible for movement (along with frontal lobe), walking, general movement, visual tracking, reflexes that are triggered by sound (jumping because of noise, curiosity of looking at a loud noise

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Midbrain

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Consists of cerebellum, pons, and medulla

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Hindbrain

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Plays a major role in balance and coordination

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Cerebellum

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Connects cerebellum to the medulla

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Pons

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Regulates vital functions (breathing, heartbeat, etc.)

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Medulla

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You _____ unconscious during sleep

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Aren’t

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Reasons for being conscious during sleep

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Most parts of your brain are still active, you can hear see and move

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Subjective experience of the world; our bodies and our mental perspectives

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Consciousness

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Internal clock that everyone has that works on a 24 hour cycle

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Circadian Rythmn

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During the Circadian rhythm, what biological changes happen

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Hormone release, change in brain waves, and your body temperature

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What is the sleep hormone

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Melatonin

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When is melatonin released

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Sometimes after lunch, and at night time.

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How many hours of sleep do adults need

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7 to 10 to be fully rested

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how many hours of sleep do teenagers need

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9 to 10

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How many hours of sleep do babies need

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Atleast 16 for every 24 hours

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Cranky, irritable edgy and difficulty concentrating

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1 to 2 nights of sleep deprivation

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Problems learning new information, symptoms of depression

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3 nights of sleep deprivation

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You need to recognize there is a problem and that you need to sleep, hallucinations

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4 nights

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Health problems, weight gain, high blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease, and problems with your immune system

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Long term sleep deprivations

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How many stages of sleep are there

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5

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Lasts about 5 to 10 minutes, lightest level of sleep, so light that most people think they are still awake

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Stage 1

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Physically your brain activity decreases by 50%; some people experience hypnogogic images, which are brief, still images seen with your eyes closed; limbs jerk and/or you experience a falling sensation because of your nerves settling down

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Characteristics of stage 1

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Time of this stage is different for everyone; your heart rate and body temperature drop, muscles relax and eyes stop moving

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Stage 2

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Lasts 10 to 30 minutes then you go into

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Stage 3

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Lasts 15 to 30 minutes; brain waves slow down eve more, deepest stage of sleep, very difficult to wake someone up in this stage. Adults spend 25% of their sleep cycle in this stage, and children spend 40% of their time in this sleep stage

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Stage 4

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Blood pressure, brain activity, and heart rate all spike; breathing becomes rapid and irregular, eyes move around really fast and you become paralyzed; lasts about 10 to 20 minutes depending on how long you are asleep depends on how long this stage is

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REM

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Most vivid dreams and your eye movement is like that of wenyou watch tv or a movie, so you’re watching your dream

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What happens during REM

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Hearing whats going on in your dream, so muscles in your ear ac as if doing so

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MEMA (middle ear muscle movement)

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Why is your body paralyzed during REM

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To prevent you from acting out your dream

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Acting out all your dreams

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REM behavior disorder

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A dream in which you are highly aware of the fact that it is a dream

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Lucid Dreaming

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Having trouble falling asleep, waking up earlier than you want, regardless of how long you slept, problems staying asleep

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Insomnia

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Bad insomnia, caused by depression anxiety, chronic pain, and certain medication

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Acute insomnia

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Caused by stress, relationship problems, financial worries, being sick, shift workers, caffine, and taking afternoon naps

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Mild insomnia

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Short term therapy

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Mild insomnia treatment

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Sleeping medication

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Treatment for long term insomnia

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Characterized by a sudden feeling of extreme sleepiness, so extreme that you can actually fall asleep

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Narcolepsy

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Sleep attacks, followed by a sleep episode that typically lasts a few minutes but can last up to an hour

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Symptoms of narcolepsy

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Triggered by sudden surprise of any strong emotion

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Narcolepsy

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Paralysis without the sleep

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Cataplexy

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Having trouble breathing when sleeping, or quitting breathing while sleeping

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Sleep apnea

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When a person suddenly awakes in a state of terror; constantly screaming, punching and kicking, profuse sweating, and confusion; Most are young children between 2 and 5; No memory of this, and probably occurs during stages 3 and 4; Lasts a few minutes

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Night terrors

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Walking around or performing daily tasks while you are asleep; Eyes are open, more clumsy, usually are harmless unless they run into something; most common in children

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Somnambulism

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Popularized by Sigmund Freud in in 1900, wrote a book “The Interpretation of Dreams” he used dream analysis; theory states that dreams represent how we wish our lives really were

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Wish fulfillment theory

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What actually happens in your dream

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Manifest Content

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Hidden meaning of your dream, all about symbolism

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Latent Content

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2 types of dream content

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Manifest content

Latent content

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