Lecture 2 Flashcards
participants report daily experiences of given day by systematically reconstructing a day
Day reconstruction method
Sensory and motor neurons are in
Peripheral nervous system
What contains spinal and brain
Central nervous system
Electrical signal that reaches the end of an axon, into synapse where neurotransmitters are released
Action potential
Chemical signals that enable neurons to communicate with one another
Neurotransmitters
Who is gage?
Iron tool went through his frontal lobe which altered cognitive and personality capacities.
Controls breathing, swallowing, blood pressure and heart rate
Medulla
Links cerebellum to cerebrum
Pons
governs rudimentary vision and hearing
Midbrain
Called small brain by Aristotle
Cerebellum
Responsible for coordinating motor activity
Cerebellum
Newest part of the brain
responsible for brain function that allow us to interact with the environment
Cerebrum
5 senses
Cerebrum
Controls basic emotions
fear, sex, caring, memory
The Limbic system
Deals with emotions ex. fear, aggression
Amygdala
