Exam 3 Flashcards
non-associative learning
involves change in the magnitude of response to environmental events
habituation
decrease in strength or occurrence of behavior after repeated exposure
what is the purpose of habituation?
allows organism to focus on learning new or important information
sensation
experience of one startling stimulus heightens responding to subsequent stimuli
associative learning
involves a connection between two elements or events
classical conditioning
formation of connections or associations between related sensations, emotions, or thoughts
unconditional stimulus (US)
biologically relevant stimulus
unconditional response (UR)
an unlearned reaction to US
conditioned stimulus (CS)
an initially neutral stimulus that acquires the ability to signal important biological events (ex: bell)
conditioned response (CR)
a learned reaction to the CS
gill-withdraw reflex
occurs when touching the siphon produces a retraction of the gill
habituation in Aplysia
less glutamate released onto motor neuron, making the reaction to the siphon smaller each time
sensation in Aplysia
shocking the head or tail resulting in ENHANCED gill-withdraw reflex following the siphon touch
what is the additional NT required for sensation in Aplysia?
an interneuron, SEROTONIN
reflexes
involuntary response to stimuli
instincts
automatic complex behavior
where is LTP?
interpositus neurons
where is LTD?
purkinje cells
what is LTP?
long-term potentiation
what is LTD?
long-term depression
memory
the concrete trace of what you learned left in your neural networks
short term or working memory
active and temporary representation of information that is maintained for short periods of time
central executive
monitors and manipulates working memory information
- located in the prefrontal cortex (PFC)
declarative or explicit memory
memories for facts or events
2 types of declarative memories
- semantic “what is a…?”
- episodic “what happened?”
non-declarative or implicit memory
memories for skills, habits, and emotions
3 types of non-declarative memories
- procedural “how to…?”
- associative (classical and operative conditioning)
- nonassociative (habituation and sensitization)
who is HM? and what did he have done?
Henry Gustav Molaison
had 2/3 of medial temporal lobes removed to help stop seizures resulting in ANTEROGRADE AMNESIA
retrograde amnesia
cannot remember the past
anterograde amnesia
cannot form NEW memories
what are the 3 stages of memory
- encoding
- storage/consolidation
- retrieval
consolidation
process of forming a physical representation of memory
standard consolidation theory
hippocampus binds many components of memory together. as consolidation occurs, memory becomes hippocampal-independent and memory looses specificity
lateralization
localization of function in one or the other hemispheres
rasmussen’s syndrome
produces seizures in only one hemisphere
- solved by hemispherectomy
severed pathways in split brain
- anterior commissure (temporal lobe)
- corpus callosum
- thalamus
- mass intermedia
- hippocampal commissure
- hippocampus
interpreter
one hemisphere tries to make sense of actions
- like right hemisphere makes you point at an object, left hemisphere does not understand so it tries to make sense of it
what does the RIGHT hemisphere control?
- emotion
- intuition
- spatial relations
what does the LEFT hemisphere control?
- logic
- sequence
- verbal
congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH)
fetus’ adrenal glands release elevated levels of androgens
- in females: no change
- in males: higher proportion are left handed but no language change
right handedness
90% right handed
95% localize language in LEFT hemisphere
4% localize in right hemisphere
1% localize in both
left handedness
10% left handed
70% localize language in LEFT hemisphere
15% localize in right hemisphere
15% localize in both
dichotic listening
different sounds present simultaneously to both ears
prosody
use of intonation and stress in language to convey emotional tone and meaning
where is perfect pitch found?
planum temporale, a brain region near the auditory tube
language
system of rule-based communication that combines symbols (sounds and gestures) in order to express a meaning, idea, or thought
FOXP2 gene
located on chromosome 7
- codes transcription factor which regulates expression of large number of genes
KE family
mutation associated with disrupted speech production and comprehension
regions compromised by FOXP2 gene
- caudate nucleus
- cerebellum
- lobules VIIB and VIIIB
- motor cortex (ventral sector)
- broca’s area
- brodmann’s 44, 45, and 6
mirror neuron
regions of the brain that activate when you do an action or see someone else doing that action
bilingualism
easier to learn when younger, gray matter increases in cortical regions with language proficiency
wernicke-geschwind model of language
- word comprehension occurs in wernicke’s area
- speech response generated in broca’s area
- speech production controlled via motor cortex and basal ganglia activation
language implementation system
decodes incoming verbal information and produce appropriate verbal response. depends on broca’s area, wernicke’s area, insular cortex, and basal ganglia
mediational system
manages communication between implementation and conceptual systems. depends on temporal, frontal and parietal lobes
conceptual system
manages semantic knowledge. depends on high level cortical association areas
aphasis
brain damage that results in total or partial loss of ability to either produce or comprehend spoken language
broca’s aphasia
- in broca’s area, along inferior frontal gyrus
- speech production and writing deficits
- anomia: difficulty retrieving correct words for idea they wish to express
- comprehension intact
- singing intact
wernicke’s aphasia
- in wernicke’s area, below superior temporal gyrus
- comprehension for both spoken and written word impaired
- speech is rapid and fluent but virtually meaningless
- seems unaware they make no sense
- neologisms common
motor transcortical aphasia
- dorsolateral PFC damage
- affects higher cognitive and attentional functions related to language production
- initiation of speech disrupted
- unable to produce verbs related to particular nouns
sensory transcortical aphasia
- affects ability to understand meaningful words
- speech is grammatical and fluent
alexia
- reading
- word blindness
- can recognize spoken words
alexia - left occipital cortex damage
affects ability to perceive words and word like shapes
alexia - corpus callosum damage
prevents transfer of information from right visual cortex to left language areas
agraphia
- writing
- inability to write
- damage to motor control areas
phonological agraphia
unable to sounds out new or difficult words
orthographic agraphia
can spell only phonetically
dyslexia
impairment in reading despite intelligence and exposure
- reading words backwards
- confusing mirror image letters
- trouble fixating on printed words
stuttering
producing repetitions pr prolonging of sounds
- primarily genetic
- both hemispheres vie to control speech production
emotion
subjective experience that arise spontaneously and unconsciously in response to internal and external events
components of emotion
- physical reaction
- conscious experience or feeling
functions of emotion
- arousal
- approach/avoidance
- communication
where are facial expressions controlled?
facial nuclei in the pons nuclei near midline
voluntary expressions
motor cortex input
involuntary expressions
subcortical (basil ganglia)