Neuroscience Of Learning And Memory Flashcards
Nervous system functions
Collect info
Process info
Generate behavior
Neuroscience
Scientific study of the brain and nervous system
Brain and spinal cord
CNS
Cranial and spinal nerves
PNS
Neurons that collect info
Sensory
Neurons that relay behavior to muscles
Motor neurons
Voluntary nervous system
Somatic (PNS)
Involuntary nervous system
Autonomic (PNS)
Controls skeletal muscle
Somatic nervous system (PNS)
Controls organ function, sympathetic and parasympathetic
Autonomic nervous system (PNS)
4 functional systems
Sensory
Motor
Emotional
Cognitive
Body’s ultimate control and info processing center
Cerebral cortex
Executive motor cortex
Frontal lobes
Sensory cortex
Parietal lobes
Visual cortex
Occipital lobes
Memory and auditory cortex
Temporal lobes
Learned coordination of movement
Cerebellum
Emotions of survival
Hypothalamus
Rational/thoughtful side
Prefrontal cortex
Details of life/episodic memory/new info, not skills
Hippocampus
Autonomic/habitual behaviors
Basal ganglia
Emotional memories (fearful responses)
Amygdala
Fine motor movements (voluntary)
Cerebellum
Frontal lobotomy
Phineas Gage
Frontal lobotomy does what?
Control over emotions
Ways PFC functioning can be reduced
Emotion (anger/pleasure)
Youth
Drugs
Advanced age
There is daily struggle between the
Hypothalamus and PFC
Seahorse
Ability to make memories
Hippocampus
Subconscious motor program
Auto pilot
Basal ganglia
Just do it
Basal ganglia
Brain structures operate in isolation
False
Brain structures compete against each other for access to behavioral control
True
Emotional responses/memories
Amygdala
