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Beta

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Awake and alert

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Alpha waves

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Awake and relaxed

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Sleep stage one

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Theta waves (light sleep)

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Sleep stage 2

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Theta waves; start seeing spindles

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Sleep stage 3&4

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Delta waves; deep sleep; slow waves; mundane dreams

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REM

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Beta waves; vivid dreaming; after 90 minutes

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Sensation is the ____

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Input

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Perception is the ___

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Process

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Transduction

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Sense to perception (interpretation)

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Midbrain

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Emotions/cravings

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Hypothalamus

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Regulator; helps achieve homeostasis

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Thalamus

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Sensory experience-tells info where to go to get processed

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Hippocampus

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Encoding of memory

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Basal ganglia

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Initiating/planning; smooth movement

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Amygdala

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Emotions (negative/fear/rage)/ process emotional content of memory

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Nucleus accumbens

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Reward center stimulates dopamine release

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Cortex

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Thought/action

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Frontal lobe

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Learning/planning/logic/social behavior/language

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Prefrontal Cortex

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30% philosophy/paying attention/empathy

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Motor cortex

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Command center for voluntary movement

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Temporal lobe

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Auditory processing

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Occipital lobe

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Vision

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Corpus callosum

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Connects R & L hemispheres of the brain and let’s them communicate

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Dopamine

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pleasure, too much = schizophrenia, too little= parkinsons

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Serotonin

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slow pleasure, reuptake inhibitor

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GABA

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lowers anxiety; arousal; calms down

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Memory

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scattered, 3 stages: long term, short term, sensory

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Cerebellum

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helps store motor memory

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Parietal lobe

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receives sensory info

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Memory is not ___

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100% accurate, subject to bias

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IQ

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avg =100, intelligence quotient, 70-120

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