Lecture 11 Flashcards

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1
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Where is Audition processed?

A

The Temporal Lobe

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2
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How is Audition Processed?

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Particular neurons are tuned to respond to specific frequencies

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3
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Where is Vision processed?

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The occipital lobe

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How is Vision Processed?

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Particular neurons are tuned to respond to specific kind of stimulation

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5
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Where is Touch processed?

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Somatic sensory cortex

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6
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What is the Association Cortex?

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Areas of the cerebral cortex that have no direct motor/sensory function but are involved in the integration of neural activity with higher-level cognition

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7
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What is Language Production associated with?

A

Broca’s area

Motor Cortex

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8
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What does Broca’s area do?

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Formulation of speech

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9
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Where is Broca’s area found?

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The Frontal Lobe

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10
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What does the Motor Cortex do in relation to language?

A

Coordinate muscle that are involved with speech

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11
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What is Language Comprehension associated with?

A

Wernicke’s area

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12
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Where is Wernicke’s area found?

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The Temporal Lobe

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13
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What is Neural Plasticity?

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The ability of neurons to change in structure/function overtime

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14
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What could change Plasticity of neurond?

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Alcohol, being raised in a more stimulating environment, reading Braille

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15
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What decreases plasticity in children?

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Specialization or pruning occurs and the unused synapses deteriorate

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16
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How do the two hemispheres of the cerebral cortex cimmunicate?

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Via the Corpus Callosum

17
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What is Lateralization?

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Refers to the tendency for some cognitive function to be (relatively) localized in one hemisphere

18
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What is localized in the Left Hemisphere?

A

Language, logic and positive emotion

19
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What is localized in the right hemisphere?

A

Spatial processing, melody perception, imagery and negative emotion

20
Q

What do Split Brain patients not have?

A

An intact corpus callosum

21
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What is False Dichotomy?

A

Trying to neatly place something in one of two categories when you shouldn’t

22
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What is a Genotype?

A

The specific genetic makeup of an individual

23
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What is a Phenotype?

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The observable characteristics produced by the genetic commands