For Quiz 2 Flashcards
How did the larynx change evolutionarily?
larynx changed to allow us to make more sound, but made us more vulnerable to choking
T/F: Those who are left-handed have less lateralization than those who are right-handed.
True
What brain region is associated with Aphasia?
L MCA
What are the characteristics of Broca’s Aphasia?
- Frontal and motor cortex = impaired speed production
- speech is slow and broken
- Expressive aphasia
- Worsens with anxiety or pressure demands
- Generally aware of their impairment
What are the characteristics of Wernicke’s Aphasia?
- Posterior temporal lobe and primary auditory cortex = impaired comprehension
- Receptive aphasia
- Impaired language comprehension
- Fluent, but speak “word salad”
- Often unaware of their impairment
T/F: Aphasia only occurs in verbal form.
False. Aphasia can occur for those who are deaf, and it can affect reading and writing as well.
What is it called if you have both types of aphasia?
Global Aphasia
What is the process by which experiences change our nervous system and our behavior
Learning
What are the three stages of learning?
Stage 1: sensory information
Stage 2: short term memory
Stage 3: long term memory
Sensory information
- Information is first processed through our senses
- It takes less than 1second
Short term memory
- Meaningful/salient information that can be retained for less than 1 minute
- repetition or chunking can help this process
What is the 7 +/- 2 rule?
In repetition or chunking, you can remember 7 +/- 2 items at a given time
What is the process of short term memories being converted into long term memories called?
Consolidation
What brain area is involved in long term memory?
Hippocampus
What can help strengthen memory?
Increased retrieval, such as rehearsals
What are the four types of learning?
Stimulus-Response Learning
Motor Learning
Perceptual Learning
Observational Learning
What are the two types of stimulus-response learning?
Classical conditioning
Operant conditioning
Which brain regions are involved in classical conditioning?
Amygdala
Hippocampus
Thalamus
Which conditioning involves positive/negative reinforcement/punishment?
Operant conditioning
Which brain regions are involved in operant conditioning?
Mesolimbic and mesocortical systems
Basal ganglia
What is motor learning and which brain region is involved?
Learning a skilled task and then practicing with a goal in mind until the skill is executed automatically.
Basal ganglia
What is perceptual learning?
- When repeated exposure enhances the ability to discriminate between two (or more) otherwise confusable stimuli.
- Allows us to identify and categorize objects
What prior experiences influence perceptual learning?
Attribution bias
Confirmation bias
What is observational learning, and what are some of its characteristics?
- Process of learning by watching the behaviors of models
- Occurs via operant conditioning and vicarious conditioning
What are two types of modeling in observational learning, and how are they different?
- Prosocial modeling: prompts engagement in helpful and healthy bx
- Antisocial modeling: prompt others to engage in aggressive/unhealthy bx
We are more likely to mimic models who:
- Perceived positively (liked, high status)
- Shared traits
- Stand out
- Familiarity
- Self-Efficacy in mimicry
What is the type of brain cell that respond equally when we perform an action and when we witness someone else perform the same action?
Mirror neurons
In which brain areas are mirror neurons concentrated in?
PFC and Amygdala
T/F: Brain responds the same way to performing, witnessing, and hearing an action.
True, because of mirror neurons.
What are some things that we experience that are enabled by mirror neurons?
- Empathy/Intention
- Skill Building through Mimicry
- Vicarious Experience
What are some aspects of learning that are backed by evidence?
- Interleaving/Spaced Learning
- Writing rather than typing
- Studying in natural light
- Power Nap (caffeine hack)
- Context-Dependent learning
What is spaced learning?
Taking break between learning periods (e.g., study a bit today, study a bit tomorrow, so your brain has time to process and accumulate learning)
What is interleaving?
When studying for three different topics, switching topics every 45 minutes and rotating
What are two types of long-term memory, and how are they different?
Explicit (conscious; aka declarative)
Implicit (unconscious; aka procedural)
What is procedural memory?
Unconscious recall of how to perform an action or skill (e.g., remembering how to ride a bike)
What are the two types of declarative memory, and how are they different?
Episodic: involve context (e.g., where
you parked your car)
Semantic: involve facts without context (e.g., the sun is a star)
HM had his hippocampus and amygdala removed for his seizures. What happened afterwards?
- Reduction in seizure
- increase in IQ
- emotions stable
- complete amnesia (“today I woke for the first time”)
Hippocampus volume loss is seen in which population?
Alzheimer dementia, depression, childhood stress, ETOH, PTSD, BPD
At what age does memory peak?
Age 8
What are the two types of amnesia, and how are they different?
Anterograde: loss of ability to form new memory (but repeated task can become procedural memory)
Retrograde: loss of memory for event prior to injury (in extreme cases, procedural memories can be lost)
What are the two mechanisms of stroke?
- Something blocking blood supply to part of the brain
- A blood vessel in the brain bursts
What is the mechanism of infarct?
tissue necrosis
What is the #1 risk factor of CVD?
Hypertension (BP higher than 140/90)
What are some other risk factors of CVD?
Diabetes
Smoking
Obstructive sleep apnea
Obesity
What are the three types of stroke?
Ischemic stroke
Hemorrhagic stroke
Transient ischemic attack (TIA)
Ischemic stroke
- Obstruct in the flow of blood in the brain
- Thrombus (blood clot in blood vessel) or embolus (piece of plaque traveled to the artery in the brain)
- Brain tissue dies slowly; the brain tries to compensate until it can’t any longer
T/F: Blood is poison for the brain, and this could lead to seizure
True
Hemorrhagic stroke
Caused by bleeding in the brain
What is the more common type of stroke?
Ischemic (88%)
TIA
- A stroke that lasts only a few minutes.
- 1/3 will eventually have a stroke (precursor)
- 50% within 1 year
What is the process of immediate cause of neuron death in ischemic stroke?
Excessive amounts of glutamate (decreased O2 -> excessive glutamate -> overstimulation of NMDA receptors -> over activation of microglia -> cell death)
Circle of Willis
Where the internal carotid arteries branch into smaller arteries that supply oxygenated blood to over 80% of the cerebrum.
Three blood vessels that internal carotid arteries (ICA) send blood to:
Anterior cerebral artery
Middle cerebral artery
Posterior cerebral artery