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It consists of the brain and nerves that coordinate actions and sensory information throughout the body.

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Nervous System

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It consists of the brain and the spinal cord.

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Central Nervous System

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It is an organ roughly half the size of a loaf of bread that constantly controls behavior.

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Brain

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A bundle of nerves that leaves the brain and runs down the length of the back; transmits messages between the brain and the body.

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Spinal Cord

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It is made up of long axons and dendrites and contains all parts of the nervous system other than the brain and spinal cord; it branches put from the spinal cord and brain and reaches the extremities of the body.

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Peripheral Nervous System

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The part of the peripheral nervous system that specializes in the control of voluntary movements and the communication of information to and from the organs.

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Somatic Division

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The part of the peripheral nervous system that controls involuntary movement of the heart, glands, lungs, and other organs.

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Autonomic Division

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2 parts of the Central Nervous System

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  1. Brain
  2. Spinal Cord
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2 divisions of Peripheral Nervous System

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  1. Somatic Division
  2. Autonomic Division
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2 parts of the Autonomic Division

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  1. Sympathetic Nervous System
  2. Parasympathetic Nervous System
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The part of the autonomic division of the nervous system that acts to prepare the body for action in stressful situations.

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Sympathetic Nervous System

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It is the threat where the organisms’ resources will engage and response.

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Fight or Flight

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The part of the autonomic division of the nervous system that acts to calm the body after an emergency has ended.

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Parasympathetic Nervous System

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The feeling of calmness of the body after an emergency has ended.

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Rest and Digest

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It is called nerve cells and is the basic elements of the nervous system.

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Neurons

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It is a cluster of fibers at one end of a neuron that receives messages from other neurons.

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Dendrites

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The part of the neuron that carries the messages to the other neurons.

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Axon

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Small budges at the end of axons that send messages to other neurons.

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Terminal Buttons

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A protective coat of fat and protein that wraps around the axon.

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Myelin Sheath

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The state in which there is a negative electrical charge of -70 millivolts within a neutron.

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Resting State/Potential

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The rule that neutrons are either on or off.

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All-Or-None Law

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An electrical nerve impulse that travels through a neuron’s axon when it is set off by a “trigger: changing the neuron’s change from negative to positive.

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Action Potential

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The space between two neurons where the axon of a sending neuron communicates with the dendrites of a receiving neuron by using chemical messages.

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Synapse

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Chemicals that carry messages across the synapse to the dendrites (cell body) of a receiver neuron.

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Neurotransmitter

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2 other chemicals of Neurotransmitters

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  1. Excitatory Message
  2. Inhibitory Message
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A chemical message that makes it more likely that a receiving neuron will fire and an action potential will travel down its axon.

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Excitatory Message

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A chemical message that prevents or decreases the likelihood that a receiving neuron will fire.

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Inhibitory Message

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A chemical communication network that sends messages throughout the body via the bloodstream.

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Endocrine System

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2 chemicals in the Endocrine System

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  1. Hormones
  2. Neurotransmitters
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Chemicals that circulate slowly through the blood and body, regulates the functioning or growth of the body.

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Hormones

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Travel across synapses only, is quick and remain in the nervous system.

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Neurotransmitter

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3 parts of the Brain

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  1. Hindbrain
  2. Midbrain
  3. Forebrain
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4 parts of the Hindbrain

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  1. Medulla
  2. Cerebellum
  3. Pons
  4. Reticular Formation
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Responsible for regulating largely unconscious functions such as breathing and circulation.

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Medulla

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Controls bodily balance.

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Cerebellum

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Involved in sleep and arousal.

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Pons

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A networks of neurons related to sleep, arousal, and attention.

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Reticular Formation

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4 parts of the Forebrain

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  1. Thalamus
  2. Hypothalamus
  3. Limbic System
  4. Cerebrum and Cerebral Cortex
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Relay center for cortex; handles incoming and outgoing signals.

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Thalamus

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A tiny part of the brain, located below the thalamus, that maintains homeostasis and produces and regulates vital behavior, such as eating, drinking, and sexual behavior.

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Hypothalamus

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The part of the brain that controls eating, aggression, and reproduction.

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Limbic System

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The “new brain”, responsible for the most sophisticated information procession in the brain.

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Cerebrum and Cerebral Cortex

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4 lobes in the Cerebrum and Cerebral Cortex

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  1. Frontal Lobe
  2. Parietal Lobe
  3. Temporal Lobe
  4. Occipital Lobe
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The motor cortex/area that is largely responsible for the body’s voluntary movement.

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Frontal Lobe

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The sensory cortex/area and the site in the brain of the tissue that corresponds to each of the senses, with the degree of sensitivity related to the amount of tissue.

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Parietal Lobe

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The auditory cortex/area that is responsible for the sense of hearing.

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Temporal Lobe

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The visual cortex/area which is the raw sensory input of images from the eyes is received in this area of the brain and transformed into meaningful stimuli.

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Occipital Lobe

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Symmetrical left and right halves of the brain that control the side of the body opposite to their location.

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Hemisphere

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The dominance of one hemisphere of the brain in specific functions such as language.

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Lateralization

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It concentrates more on tasks that require verbal competence, such as speaking, reading, thinking, and reasoning.

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Left Hemisphere

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It has its own strengths, particularly in nonverbal areas such as the understanding of spatial relationships, recognition of patterns and drawings, music, and emotional expression.

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Right Hemisphere

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Psychologists who specialize in considering the ways in which the biological structures and functions of the body affect behavior.

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Behavioral Neuroscience

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It incorporates the hereditary material that determines how a cell will function.

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Nucleus

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It provide nourishment to neurons, insulate them, help repair damage, and generally support neural functioning.

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Glial Cell

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It generally move across neurons in one direction only, as if they were travelling on a one-way street.

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Impulses

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Neurons that fire not only when a person enacts a particular behavior but also when a person simply observes another individual carrying out the same behavior.

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Mirror Neurons

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A chemical recycling which is an example of neurotransmitter being either deactivated by an enzyme or reabsorbed by the terminal button.

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Reuptake

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An antidepressant that permit certain neurotransmitter to remain active for a longer period at certain synapses in the brain, thereby reducing the symptoms of depression.

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Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitory (SSRIs)

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One of the most common neurotransmitters which is found throughout the nervous system.

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Acetylcholine (ACh)

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Common excitatory neurotransmitter that plays a role in memory.

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Glutamate

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It is found in both the brain and the spinal cord, appears to be the nervous system’s primary inhibitory neurotransmitter.

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Gamma-amina Butyric Acid (GABA)

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A major neurotransmitter which is involved in movement, attention, and learning.

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Dopamine

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Neurotransmitter that is associated with the regulation of sleep, eating, mood, and pain.

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Serotonin

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A class of neurotransmitters that are a family of chemicals produced by the brain that are similar in structure to painkilling drugs such as morphine.

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Endorphins

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It secretes chemical messages that circulate through the blood and communicates messages that influence behavior and many aspects of biological functioning.

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Endocrine System

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An automatic involuntary response to an incoming stimulus.

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Reflex

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It transmit information from the perimeter of the body to the central nervous system and the brain.

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Sensory (Afferent) Neurons

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It communicate information in the opposite direction from the brain and nervous system to muscles and glands.

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Motor (Efferent) Neurons

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A condition in which people lose voluntary muscle movement below the neck.

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Quadriplegia

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A less severe but still debilitating condition where people are unable to voluntarily move any muscles in the lower half of the body.

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Paraplegia

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A key component of the endocrine system that sometimes called as “master gland”, which is found near and regulated by the hypothalamus.

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Pituitary Gland

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A drug that functions similar to a testosterone which is increasingly common.

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Steroids

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4 most important scanning techniques

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  1. Electroencephalogram (EEG)
  2. Positron Emission Tomography (PET)
  3. Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (IMRI)
  4. Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Imaging (TMS)
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It records electrical activity in the brain through electrodes placed on the outside of the skull.

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Electroencephalogram (EEG)

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It scan provide a detailed, three-dimensional computer-generated image of brain structures and activity by aiming a powerful magnetic field at the body.

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Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (IMRI)

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It scan show biochemical activity within the brain at a given moment.

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Positron Emission Tomography (PET)

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It exposes a tiny region of the brain to a strong magnetic field, thereby causing a momentary interruption of electrical activity.

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Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Imaging (TMS)

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One of the newest procedures used to study the brain as it produces effects similar to what would occur if areas of the brain were physically cut.

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Virtual Lesion

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It involves genetic engineering and the use of special types of light to view individual circuits of neurons.

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Optogenetics

80
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It is sometimes referred to as “old brain” because its evolution can be traced back some 500 million years to primitive structures found in nonhuman species.

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Central Core

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First part of the central core of the brain that contains the medulla, pons, and cerebellum.

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Hindbrain

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The middle section of the brain.

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Midbrain

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The front most part of the brain.

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Forebrain

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Deep groves that physically separates the four sets of lobes.

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Sulci

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3 major areas of the Cerebral Cortex

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  1. Motor Areas
  2. Sensory Areas
  3. Association Areas
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A shaded portion in the frontal lobe and is part of the cortex that is largely responsible for the specific locale within the body.

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Motor Area

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It includes region in corresponding primarily to body sensations, sight, and sound.

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Sensory Area

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It encompasses specific locations associated with the ability to perceive touch and pressure in a particular area of the body located at the parietal lobe.

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Somatosensory Area

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It is responsible for the sense of hearing located at the temporal lobe.

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Auditory Area

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It responds in the same way to electrical stimulation located in the occipital lobe.

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Visual Area

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These are the site of higher mental processes such as thinking, language, memory, and speech.

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Association Area

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These are controlled by the association area which abilities are related to planning, goal setting, judgement, and impulse control.

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Executive Functions

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Results from the injuries to the association areas of the brain and causes problems with language.

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Aphasia

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Illness where speech becomes halting, laborious, and often ungrammatical, and a speaker is unable to find the right words.

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Broca’s Aphasia

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It produces difficulties both in understanding other’s speech and in the production of language.

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Wernicke’s Aphasia

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It refers to changes in the brain that occur throughout the life span relating to the addition on new neurons, new interconnections between neurons, and the reorganizations, or information-processing areas.

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Neuroplasticity

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A process where new neurons are created in certain areas of the brain during adulthood.

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Neurogenesis

98
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It is caused by a gradual loss of cells that stimulate the production of dopamine in the brain.

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Parkinson’s Disease

99
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Immature cells from human fetuses that have the potential to develop into a variety of specialized cell types.

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Stem Cells

100
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A neuroscientists that explains that more critical difference occurs in processing between the upper and lower halves of the brain.

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Stephen Kosslyn

101
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A bundle of fibers that connects the hemispheres of the brain that is proportionally larger in women than in men.

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Corpus Collosum

102
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Patients whose corpus collosum have been cut or injured.

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Split-brain Patients

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Psychologist that developed a number ingenious techniques for studying how each hemisphere operates.

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Roger Sperry

104
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It is a procedure in which a person learn to control through conscious thought internal physiological processes such as blood pressure, heart, and respiration rate, skin temperature, sweating, and the constriction of particular muscles.

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Biofeedback

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A for of biofeedback where a brain activity is displayed for a patient.

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Neurofeedback

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