Midterm 1 Flashcards
Consider the statement “humans only use 10% of their brain”.
The statement is a myth that is well-known and often repeated.
not: this is not true for humans, but is well known for rats and other rodents!
the gap between neurons is known as
the synapse
Clinical neuropsychology is mostly concerned with
Psychological assessment management and rehabilitation or neurological disease and injury
What is the cardiocentric hypothesis
The hypothesis that the heart is the centre for cognitive and emotional function
not: they hyp that the soul is located in the heart!
Three components of DBT
Mindfulness, interpersonal effectiveness, emotion regulation
What part of the brain is responsible for habituation?
The reticular formation
A perceptual experience that many epileptics experience, which occurs without sensory stimulation, is known as ______
Auras, (burnt toast is one of many possible Auras)
Which of the following correctly defines neuropsychology?
The study of the relationship between behavior and activity of the brain
What is the term for the procedure where the thalamus is disconnected from the frontal love with special knife?
lobotomy
Brain metabolism while the person is performing various mental tasks?
Functional Neuroimaging, not MRI
The term postsynaptic refers to…
Events that occur in the dendrite
Differentiating neurons according to structure depends on…
How many processes are emanating from the cell body
When I near on is at rest, what is its electrical charge?
-70 mV
The sodium-potassium pump…
Exchanges three Na+ ions inside the cell for 2 K+ ions that are outside the cell
What is the Nero classification of sympathetic nerves and parasympathetic nerves?
Nerves of the autonomic nervous system
__________
Medela oblongata
The frontal lobe of the brain is bordered by which fissures?
The central fissure and lateral fissure
Which system in the brain contains a variety of structures that have roles in the functioning of emotion, sexual behavior, response selection and memory?
The basal ganglia
Which of the following is a Nero transmitter that is used by all motor neurons?
Acetylcholine
What is the term indicating that direction towards the nose?
Rostral
A person with damage to the basal ganglia may exhibit:
Starting, stopping or sustaining movement
Which of the following removes debris from the nervous system?
Glial cells
Ions cross the membrane through proteins embedded in the membrane which are known as_________
Ion channels
Not ion proteins, ion transmitters, ion – protein pump, plasma membrane
What is the name of the part of the diencephalon that is primarily responsible for relaying sensory information between the cortex and the sensory organs?
Thalamus
Which Nero transmitter is involved in the regulation of mood, sleep and appetite?
Serotonin
What is gray matter?
The description of parts of the cortex that are made of cell bodies
There are a variety of methods used in Nero psychology, however they have some common principles. This is called
The scientific method
Phineas Gage survived a severe accident, but afterwards he was rendered virtually unemployable. Why was this?
He had become an unpleasant person because of a drastic personality change
Which is the correct order of the meninges (from skull to brain)
Dura Mater, arachnoid Mater, subarachnoid Mater
What does the CT stand for when referring to CT scans
Computed tomography
Which Nero imaging technique involves the attachment of small metal discs to the scalp in order to amplify and record the small changes in electrical potentials?
Electroencephalogram
When CT images show slices of the nervous system perpendicular to the horizon, taken along the dorsal-dash ventral axis they are in the_______plane
Sagittal plane
Which of the following correctly defines the term malingering?
Deliberately answering tasks incorrectly
Encephalopathy symptoms may include
Delirium, hypervigilance, personality changes
Encephalopathy symptoms may include
Delirium, hypervigilance, personality changes
Given the sum of the anatomical asymmetries between the hemispheres, which has greater volume and mass?
They’re right has greater volume and mass than the left
Which of the following Nero anatomical asymmetries favors the right hemisphere
2 heschls gyri instead of one
Which of the following Nero anatomical asymmetries favors the right hemisphere
2 heschls gyri instead of one
