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Psychology Chp 4-5 Flashcards

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Explain Brain Vs Heart Debate Compare both

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a historical debate whether the heart or brain is responsible for mental processes.

Ancient egyptians were for heart
Ancient greece were for brain

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Explain MindBody Theory
Which is monism and dualism

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The question whether our body and mind are seprate or together (one entity)

Dualism is separate, Monism is together

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What is Phrenology?

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Study of shape and size of human head/skull to deteremine personality and mental functioning.

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What is Ablation?

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the surgical removal or cutting of a region of brain tissue.

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What is Brain Lesisoning?

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An area of tissue that has been damaged through injury or disease.

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Explain the Split Brain research

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their left and right brain hemispheres separated by cutting the nervous tissue that connected them, known as the corpus callosum.

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What is the corpus callosum?

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the thick bundle of nerve fibres connected by the two brain hemisphere (right and left)

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Name 2 structural neuroimaging techniques

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CT and MRI

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Explain CT

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Takes x-ray images of the brain, to get these images the person must get a dye called contrast ingested so the images become visual.

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Explain MRI

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Uses magnetic and radio fields to take detailed images of the brain

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Name 2 functional neuroimaging techniques

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PET and fMRI

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Explain PET

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Uses scanning devices to take images of the brain which are coloured. It traces the levels of radioactive substance in the brain.

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Explain fMRI

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Uses magnetic and radio active fields to take images of the brain and checks brain activity levels.

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Name all the brain regions

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Forebrain, Midbrain and Hindbrain

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What is inclued in FB

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Cerebrum, thalamus, hypothalamus

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Role of Cerebrum

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Largest structure in human brain, divided into two hemisphere the right and left. Controls judgement, planning, solving, and perception.

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Role of Hypothalamus

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Basic survival actions like tempture, fighting, fleeing, and feeding

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Role of Thalamus

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The bodies info centre all body senses must be processed through thalamus first except smell.

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What is included in MB

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Recticular formation

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Role of Recticular Formation

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Responsible for the regulator of conciousness and arousal. Like sleep, wakefullness, and concious.

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What is included in HB

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Medulla, pons, cerebellum

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Role of Medulla

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A continuation of the spine.
Control of breathing, heartbeat and digestion.

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Role of Pons

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Receive information sent from visual area to control eyes and body actions.

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Role of Cerebellum

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Coordinates the sequence of body movement.

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What is the Cerebral Cortex?

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The outer layer of the cerebrum, the cerebral cortex is very thin but has multiple roles in behaviour and mental processes.

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Name all lobes in CC

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Frontal, Parietal, Occiptial, Temporl lobes

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Name all cortexs and area in Frontal Lobe

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Prefrontal cortex, premotor cortex, primary motor cortex and brocas area

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What is frontal lobes role?

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planning, judgement, langauge, motor movement and regulation of emotions

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Name all cortexs in Parietal lobe

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Primary Somatosensory Cortex

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What is parietal lobes role?

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Sensory, touch, non verbal thought

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Name all cortexs in Occiptial lobe

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Primary Visual Cortex

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What is occiptial lobes role?

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Visual sight, colour, form, motion

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Name all cortex and area in Temporal lobe

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Primary auditory cortex, wernickes area

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What is Temporal lobes role?

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Hearing, memory, object regonsition

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What is included in Central Nervous System

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Spinal cord and brain

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Explain the difference between Brocas and Wernickes area

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Wernickies area is about interpreting the meaning of speech whereas Brocas area is about controlling the movement of the muscles for speech.

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What is Neuroplasticity? Name two types of plastcity

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the brains ability to change in response to experiences and new enviorments.

adapative and developmental

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what is adaptive plasticity

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the brains ability to restore normal functioning after injury

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what is developmental plasticity

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changes that happens during maturation and aging

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how to maintain brain functioning?

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meditation, 2 pieces of fruit, sports, call friend once a day,

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what is acquired brain injury?

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injuries to brain that happen after birth.

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name two types of brain injury

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traumatic and non trumatic

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what is traumatic brain injury provide a example

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damage caused by external force like biycycle crash.

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what is non traumatic brain injury provide a example

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damage caused by internal force like stroke

45
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what is parkinson disease? and name symptoms

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a disease where the progressive loss of neurons in happen the brain.

symptoms - Reduced motor control, Muscle stiffness, and depression/anxiety

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what is epilepsy? name symptoms

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random electrical activity in the brain and is categorised by recurrent seizures.

symptoms - seizures, shaking, sensory distrubance

47
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what is gut-brain axis?

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the bidirectional connection between the gut and the brain.

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what is microbiota

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the bacteria that lives in your gut, a imbalenced gut microbiota leads to digestive issues and possibly neurological disorders.

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what is CTE symptoms

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a brain disease that happens because of repeated head injuries and conussions

symptoms - memory loss, difficulties with attention and concentration, depression/anxiety. they show up 8-10 years after.

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how is CTE diagnosed?

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through a post mortem examination, after death.

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