Exam 1 Flashcards
What is Neuropsychology?
Study of the brain’s influence on behavior
What is Trephination?
When they drill a hole in your head
What is the localization theory?
Idea that different parts of your brain do different things
Which dude read bumps on your head to predict your personality?
Franz Gall
What is the Broca’s area involved with?
Expressive/fluent speech
What happens when you damage Wernicke’s Area?
It makes a word salad
What is the Theory of Equipotentiality?
The brain all works together
What is the Comprehensive Theory?
That the brain is the interplay of both the localization and Equipotentiality theory
What connects the Left and Right Hemisphere?
The Corpus Callosum
What do the sulci and gyri do?
Maximize the surface area of the brain
Which lobe helps control relationships, planning, emotions, speech, and movement?
Frontal
Which lobe interprets sensory signals and integrates information?
Parietal
Which lobe of the brain processes sound, controls aspects of learning, memory, language, and emotions?
Temporal
Which lobe of the brain processes visual signals?
Occipital
Which side of the brain uses logic, is detail oriented, and is in charge of words and language?
The Left Brain
Which side of the brain uses feeling, is “Big Picture” oriented, and uses imagination?
The Right Brain
Generally, who is better at language?
Women
Generally, who is better at spatial rotations and perception?
Men
What is Transduction?
The translation of one form of energy to another
What are the two sensory fields of the Cortex?
Primary and Secondary
What does the Primary Area of the cortex do?
Pick up the basics, like lines and color
What does the Secondary Area of the Cortex do?
Puts the picture together and makes sense of it
What are the two parts of the Visual system?
Rods and Cones
Which parts of the Visual System is more numerous?
Rods
Which part of the Visual System is sensitive in low light?
Rods
Which part of the Visual System is used for Bright Light?
Cones
In the Auditory System, sound waves are received by what?
Hair Cells
What are the Three Somatosensory System Receptors?
Exteroceptive, Proprioceptive, and Interoceptive
Where are the Exteroceptives located?
On you skin
What are the Three Exteroceptives?
- Mechanical (Touch)
- Thermoreceptors (Temperature)
- Nocioreceptors (Pain/Pressure)
Where are proprioceptives?
In the Joints
What doe Proprioceptives do?
Tell you where your body is in space
What does Interoceptives do?
Tells you your body’s internal state
What does sensation do?
Make sense of the information coming
What is Synesthesia?
People who hear in color and identify smells by sound
What are the two broad categories of Sensory Distortions?
- Complete loss of sensory process
2. Partial loss of some sensory process
Deafness, Blindness, and Colorblindness are examples of what?
Complete loss of sensory process
Agnosias (Without Knowledge) is an example of?
Partial Loss of some sensory process
What controls motor functioning?
The Cerebral Cortex
Which part of the brain is important for posture and balance?
The Cerebellum
What does the Cerebellum integrate?
Motor and sensory information
What does Akinesia mean?
Without movement
What does Bradykinesia mean?
Slowness of Movement
What does Hyperkinesia mean?
Extra Movement
What is Apraxia?
Inability to perform skilled, purposeful movement
What is Limb-Kinetic Apraxia?
Clumsiness with the body
What is Ideomotor Apraxia?
When the knows the action but they can’t quite do it
What is Conceptual Apraxia?
When you lose the concept of how to do something
What is Dissociation Apraxia?
When the you have the general idea of what’s happening but cannot put it in sequence
