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chapter two (biology of the mind) Flashcards

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neural basis of behaviour

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neural communication
nervous system
the brain

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neurons

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conducting cells of the nervous system

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cell body

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contains genetic info

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dentrites

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recieves info

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axon

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conducts electrical impulses

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neuron ‘on’

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exictatory transmitter

action potetnial +40mV

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neuron ‘off’

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inhibitory transmitters

reesting potential -70mV

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synapse

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junction between the axon tip of the sending neuron and the dendrite of the recieving neuron

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neauron transmitters

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chemical signals carry messgags across synapse , can excite or inhibit the post synaptic neuron

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resting potential

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-70mV, more positive (Na+) ions outside, more negitive ions inside

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action potential

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nerve impulse

brief electrical charge

depolarization: changr in voltagr -70mV to 40mV (Na+ ions flow in)

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thershold

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level of stimulsis needed to cause action poential, all or nothing response, -65mV

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Nervous system sections

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central (brain/spine)

peripheral
autonomic somatic
symapthic, parasymathic

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peripheral NS

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connects CNS with muscles, glands and receptors

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somatic NS

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sensory and motor neurons bind to create nerves

transmit messages to sensory receptors

control

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autonomic NS

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controls glands and smooth musucles in body organs

autonomic responses

has parasymapthic and sympathic NS

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sympathic

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arouses (flight of fight)

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parasymapthic

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slows body down

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brain

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3 lbs, 2% of Bw, uses 20% of O2

metabolic rate reamins constannt

serveral structures, voluntary and involuntary behaviour

two hemipheres

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brain stem

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contains medulla, pons, reticular/activating system(RAS)

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medulla

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controls heart rate and resouration

throughfare for sensory information

motor nerve tracts cross over

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pons

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responsable for sleeping/dream

damage can causes comas

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reticular activating system (RAS)

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sens info to higher cenres

higher centres admit or block sensory input

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cerebellum

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muscule coordinarion (reflecive and automatic)

balance

movement, learning and memory on how to do things

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tha;amus

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routes sensory information to appropriate place

eg. visual goes to visual centre; aidiotry to auditory centres

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hypothalamus

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major role in contrlling biological drives

sexual behvaiour, eating drinking

damage can disprut all these behaviours

involved in reward and pleasure

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limic system

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continas hippcampus, amygdala

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hippocampus

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forming and retrieving memory

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amygdala

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organizes emtional responses

espeicallt those linked to aggression/fear

emotional memory

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cerebral cortex - the crown

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2/3cm sheet of grey (unmyelinated cells)

75% of area within fissures (folds)
provides landamrks fro dividing cortec into areas

four lobes

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frontal

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speech and skeletal motor functions, planning and judgement

contians prefrontal cortex and motor cortex abd brocas area

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prefrontal cortex

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seat of executive functions

goal setting, judgemnet, planning , responsibility

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motor cortex

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controls movememnt on opposite side

controls movememnt voluntary musuclies

located at rear of frontal lobe

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pariental lobe

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body sensations

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pariental lobe

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body sensations

contains snesory cortex

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sensory cortex

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reieves sesnory info from opposite side of body

at least oone specific area for each sense

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occupital lobe

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vision

continas visual processing

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visual processing

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basic visual sensory info

mapping of visual world

colour, size, deoth, distance

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temporal lobe

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auditory and language

contains, auditory processings and wernickes area

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auditory processing

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process audiotry information

sounds both natural/articial

language processings (wernickes area)

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wernickes area

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comprehension

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brocas area

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word production

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corpus callosum

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contects two hemispheres together

PSYC 1100 (7 decks)

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