midterm Flashcards
Beta
Awake and alert
Alpha waves
Awake and relaxed
Sleep stage one
Theta waves (light sleep)
Sleep stage 2
Theta waves; start seeing spindles
Sleep stage 3&4
Delta waves; deep sleep; slow waves; mundane dreams
REM
Beta waves; vivid dreaming; after 90 minutes
Sensation is the ____
Input
Perception is the ___
Process
Transduction
Sense to perception (interpretation)
Midbrain
Emotions/cravings
Hypothalamus
Regulator; helps achieve homeostasis
Thalamus
Sensory experience-tells info where to go to get processed
Hippocampus
Encoding of memory
Basal ganglia
Initiating/planning; smooth movement
Amygdala
Emotions (negative/fear/rage)/ process emotional content of memory
Nucleus accumbens
Reward center stimulates dopamine release
Cortex
Thought/action
Frontal lobe
Learning/planning/logic/social behavior/language
Prefrontal Cortex
30% philosophy/paying attention/empathy
Motor cortex
Command center for voluntary movement
Temporal lobe
Auditory processing
Occipital lobe
Vision
Corpus callosum
Connects R & L hemispheres of the brain and let’s them communicate
Dopamine
pleasure, too much = schizophrenia, too little= parkinsons
