Module 1 Flashcards
What is a branch of the field of neurobiology we are studying?
developmental neurobiology
In developmental neurobiology, we look at how the ____ systems in the body (from a ____ perspective) answer how and why humans across the lifespan become more ____ to their environments and their own states.
messaging
neurological
adaptive
Development is simultaneous ____ and ____ of adaptive function.
integration
differentiation
Whose discovery laid the foundation for the study of neurons?
Galvani
What is cited as the historical beginning of the study of biological basis of behavior?
Case of Phineas Cage
What changes the personality and cognition of a patient?
Lobotomy
The study of the brain and behavior during the 1800s and 1800s relied heavily on ____ and ____ .
observation
theorizing
What was initiated by John Watson in 1913?
Behaviorism
Behaviorists wanted to study observable ____ and ____ only.
learning
behavior
What did behaviorist theories begin to give way to?
developmental theories
Techniques studying the brain allow us to look at the ____ structure of the brain in detail, see how the brain ____ , and what part of the brain is involved in doing ____ ____ . Name 5 techniques.
anatomical
functions
various tasks
EEG, CAT, PET, MRI (fMRI), and MEG
____ , ____ ,and ____ of input from the environment affect the structure and functioning of the developing brain.
timing
type
degree
____ experience greatly influences brain organization.
early
The general ____ of the early ____ affects overall brain ____ .
quality
environment
growth
Chronic ____ disrupts the brain’s ____ to develop ____ systems and to manage stress in the long term.
stress
capacity
communication
In early childhood, neurons develop and form an elaborate ____ ____ . As the individual develops, some connections between brain cells are ____ and ____ - ____ and others are selectively ____ or ____ .
communication system maintained hard-wired eliminated pruned
What part of the brain is developing throughout adolescence?
the frontal lobes
What is the workhorse of the nervous system?
neuron
How is a neuron drawn?
left to right
The ____ is where information flows into in the neuron.
Dendrites
Where in the neuron is energy mostly produced?
the cell body
Where in the cell body is full of your DNA?
nucleous
What is the centerpiece of the cell?
Cell body
The long cable reaching out towards the next output to the brain is the ____ .
axon