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glossary Flashcards

1
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forebrain

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telencephalon and diencephalon

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central sulcus

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separates parietal lobe from frontal lobe and primary motor cortex from primary somatosensory cortex

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parietal lobe

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processing sensory information

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occipital lobe

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visual processing centre

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temporal lobe

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primary auditory perception- language emotion, comprehension

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lateral sulcus

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prominent feature of the brain, deep groove

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frontal lobe

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cognitive skills, such as emotion, problem solving, memory, language, judgment and sexual behaviour

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CNS

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central nervous system

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PNS

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autonomic and somatic

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autonomic NS

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bodily functions

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somatic NS

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reflex and voluntary movement

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12
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addititive synthesis

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add pure tones to create complex

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fourier analysis

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break complex waveforms into pure tone components

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myopia

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lens of eye too strong for length of eyeball

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hyperopia

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lens of eye too weak for length of eyeball

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trichromacy

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can see all coours

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dichromacy

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colour deficits

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18
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tritanopic

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lost s opsin

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deuteranopic

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lost m opsin

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protanopic

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lost l opsin

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21
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dualism

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mind and brain fundamentally different

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monoism

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operations of brain lead to mental events

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sub-cortical nuclei

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involved in movement control

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olfactory celft

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relays sensory info to brain

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olfactory epithelium

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tissue that lines outer surface of organs and blood vessels

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striatum

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caudate nucleus and putamen

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globus pallidus

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voluntary movement

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limbic system

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cingulate cortex, amygdala and hippocamous

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cingulate cortex

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error signals /attention/emotion

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amygdala

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emotion- fear

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the cochlea

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receives sound as vibrations

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vestibular canal

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spatial orientation, awarenss and balance

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corti

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hair cells here trnsduce mechanical sound vibration

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stereocilia

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convert vibrations into nerve impulses

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tonotopy

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arangement of where sounds of different frequencies are processed in the brain

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basiliar membrane

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separates two liquid filled tubes that run along the coil of cochlea

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helicotrema

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hair cells here detect low frequencies

38
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utricle

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balancing system using hairs to detect movement and orientation

39
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pupil

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control amount of entering light

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iris

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control amount of entering light

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sclera

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sheath covering optic nerve behind

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cornea

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eyes outermost lens

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fovea

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let light fall directly on cones to give sharpest image

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retina

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converts light into neural signals

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vitreous

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transparent gelatinous tissue filling eyeball

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ciliary body

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ciliary muscle which controls shape of lens

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emmetropia

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no visual defects in sight

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2nd order

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the new CS tells u about old Cs

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blocking conditioning

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new CS tells u nothing new

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presbyopia

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long sightedness

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scotopic vision

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processing disorder

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photopic vision

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vision under well lit conditions

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ganglion cells

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neuron which recieves info from photoreceptors; bipolar and retina amacrie

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anterograde amnesia

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cannot later remember events that occur after brain damage

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korsakoffs syndrome

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damage to dorsomedial thalamic nucelus

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LGN

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lateral geniculate nucleus -

57
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excitatory centre

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light turns on

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inhibitory surround

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light turns off cell

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object agnosia

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failure to recognise objects

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prosopagnosia

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face agnosia

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dura mater

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thick membrane which surrounds brain and spinal chord

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pia mater

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delicate innermost layer of membranes surrouding brain and spinal chord

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telencephalon

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the cerebral cortex

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basal ganglia

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motor movements , procedural learning habit learning eye movement etc

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