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phrenology

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linked physical state and mind, study of bumps on your skull.

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reductionism

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philosophy that a complex system can be explained by reducing it to its component parts.

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myelin sheath

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  • fatty cells surrounding axon
  • increases processing speed of electric current.
  • degeneration of myelin sheath can lead to multiple sclerosis
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where is the neurone + or - when polarized

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positive outside and negative inside

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what’s the state when the neuron is polarized

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resting potential

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action potential

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electrochemical process that produces a traveling electrical charge along the axon

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depolarization

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Na+ channels open briefly, Na+ enters

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depolarization

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K+ channels open, K+ exits

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where does depolarization and repolarization occur

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occurs as a wave down the length of the axon terminal button

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ion pumps function

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restores balance of Na+ and K+ ions

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absolute refractory period

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time after an action potential during which another action potential cannot begin

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synapse

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functional connection between neutrons

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synaptic cleft

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gap between terminal buttons of one neutron and dendrites of another neuron

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how are messages given

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carried across by neurotransmitters

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neurotransmitters

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chemical messenger released by traveling charge

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excitatory

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opens channels allowing inflow of positively charged ions

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inhibitory

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opens channels allowing outflow of positively charged ions or inflow of negatively charges ions.

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when is it increased likelihood of neurone firing?

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during excitatory state, decreased likelihood during inhibitory state

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threshold

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minimum activity needed for action potential to occur

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all monoamines

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  • dopamine
  • norepinephrine
  • serotonin
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all amino acids

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  • glutamate
  • gamma-aminobutyric acid
  • endorphins
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acetylcholine

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(ACh)
-excititory transmitter between motor neurone and muscles; learning and memory

  • low levels of ACh associated with Alzheimers disease
  • curare is antagonistic towards ACh, and blocks it.
  • nicotine ACh receptors activate by nicotine (agonist)
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curare

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antagonistic : blocks ACh actions on muscles

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dopamine

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(DA)
- voluntary movements, emotional arousal, learning, memory, pleasure system.

  • degeneration is linked to Parkinson’s disease
  • high levels implicated in schizophrenia
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norepinephrine

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(NE)

- alertness and arousal, intense fear and pain, enhances attentions and memory.

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serotonin

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(5-HT)

- generally inhibitory; controls sleep/wakefulness/arousal; implicated in aggression, mood and pain.

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glutamate

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(Glu)

- always excitatory; NMD receptor implicated in learning/memory and neural plasticity

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gamma-animobutyric acid

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always inhibitory; found throughout the brain

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endorphins

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endogenous (internal) opioids; have analgesic effects, elevate mood.

  • hero is exogenous (external) opioid
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components of the CNS

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brain and spinal cord

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components of PNS

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somatic and autonomic

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what components make up the autonomic

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sympathetic and parasympathetic

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what parts are ascending tracts connected too

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the brain

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what parts are descending tracts connect to

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the brain ====> muscles

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afferent fibre

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reflex

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interneuron

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(spinal cord)

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efferent fibre

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controls muscle

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electrical stimulation of brain

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(ESB)

stimulate brain region with electrode and ask patients what they experience

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lesions

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surgical destruction of tissue, frontal lobotomy severs connection of frontal lobe; reduces seizures.

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electroencephalogram

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(EEG)

-amplifies evoked potentials produced by large numbers of neurons

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intra/extracellular

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-recordings: measure activity of a single neuron using micro electrode

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CT (computerized tomography)

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  • multiple X-rays enhanced by computer
  • shows structure
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PET( positron emission tomography)

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  • take radioactive form of glucose
    - X-rays cause positron to be emitted
    - shows metabolic activity
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MRI (positron emission tomography)

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  • magnetic field aligns spinning hydrogen nuclei, found in water molecules I tissue of the body
  • resonant radio wave pulse disorients them
  • protons emit radio waves open alignment
  • shows detailed structure
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FMRI (functional MRI)

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  • hemoglobin (which carried oxygen in the blood) contains an iron atom that has magnetic properties
  • strong magnetic fail aligns magnetic molecules
  • radio waves pulse disorients them
  • upon alignment, protons emit radio waves which can be measured quickly
  • shows metabolic activity
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pros and cons to brain imaging

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PROS:
- can show neural correlates of a function

  • applications range from promising (neurodiagnosis)

CONS:
- can ONLY show neural correlates of a function

  • to dodgy (neuromarketing, neuropolitics)
  • people are more likely to be convinced by:
    (evidence. contacting irrelevant information) & ( brain images that are redundant with other evidence)
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what is the brain stem made up of

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( three components )

  • medulla
  • pons
  • midbrain
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what is the brain stem connected to

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spinal cord

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components of hindbrain

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(three components)

  • cerebellum
  • medulla
  • pons
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cerebellum

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motor coordinations; control of ballistic movements

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Medulla

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heart rate, respiration

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Pons

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sleep stages, arousal

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Midbrain

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  • includes relay centres for vision and audition

- reticular formation

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reticular formation

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reflexes, breathing, pain, sleep & wakefulness.

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Forebrain

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(three components)

  • thalamus
  • basal ganglia
  • hypothalamus
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thalamus

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relay / processing centre for incoming sensory informational; and regulates arousal

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Basal ganglia

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control slower, deliberate actions

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Hypothalamus

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Mediator between brain & endocrine system (glands and hormones); regulates bodily functioning

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Limbic system

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(three components)

  • hippocampus
  • amygdala
  • nucleus accumbens
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hippocampus

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important forearming and retrieving memories

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amygdala

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plays a role in emotion, aggression

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nucleus accumbens

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involved in reward, pleasure ad addiction

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cerebral cortex

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  • outermost layer of the brain; responsible for higher order functioning
- wrinkles increase surface area 
(3 components) 
-Gyrus 
-sulcus 
-longitudinal fissure
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Gyrus

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convolutes ridge between anatomical grooves in the cerebral cortex

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Sulcus

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small groove in the cortex (vs. fissure which is deeper)

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longitudinal Fissure

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divides brain into two hemispheres,

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how many lobes are the hemispheres dived into

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4 four lobes

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name the four lobes

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  • forntal lobe
  • parietal lobe
  • temporal lobe
  • occipital lobe
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Frontal lobe

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includes motor cortex (move forward)

  • assisting in planning, controlling and executive behaviour; emotions control; judgment speech production
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Parietal lobe

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includes somatosensory cortex (touch a person)

  • processing sensory information regarding the location of parts of the body as well as interpreting visual information and processing language
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Occipital lobe

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includes visual cortex(see an object)

  • does vision & spatial processing, colour, motion perception.
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contralaterally

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opposites side

  • motor functions: right side of body is governed by the left side of the brain (& vice-versa)
  • vision: object in right visual field first goes to the left occipital lobe (& vice-versa)
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which part of the brain connects the two hemispheres

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corpus collosum

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how can one hemisphere be studied ?

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through split brain syndrome

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split-brain syndrome

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  • corpus callous severed surgically, leaving left and right brain hemispheres intact– but mostly separated
  • if an image was present to the right visual field, the patient could verbal identify it
  • of the image was presented to the left visual field, the patient was unable to verbally name it.
  • however, they could select the correct item using their left hand.
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Roger Sperry

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Studied Split-brain

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collection of cell bodies in neutral nervous system

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nucleus

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collections of body cells in peripheral nervous system

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ganglion

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alien and syndrome

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patient loses conscious control of one hand, which seems to act on its own.

  • the domination hemisphere loses conscious control over the ipsilateral hand
  • caused when corpus collosum is damaged or severed
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ipsilateral

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same side

left hand left hemisphere

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hemisphere specialization

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  • in split-brain patients, the two hemispheres of the brain function largely independently; whereas in intact brains, functions are integrated
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left and right side of split brain hemispheres

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left side: superior for functions like speech, math, and logic

right side: superior for cantons like recognizing faces, handling emotions, and spatial tasks

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Neural plasticity

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  • is experience dependant
  • can produce extensive
    changes in the cortical regions
  • can occur during any stages of the lifespan-even adulthood
  • ‘brain training’ is billion-dollar industry- but is difficult to help make brains younger
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Marian Diamond & colleagues (1964)

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Experiment: how do experiences change the cortex of rats.

rats placed in three controlled environments for 30days

  • enriched
  • standard
  • impoverished
  • cortex of enriched group increases in thickness compared to standard group
  • impoverished groups thickness decreased
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Eleanor Maguire & colleagues (2002)

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Experiment: ca adult human brains change with experience

  • taxi drivers posterior hippocampus were larger compared to control participants
  • right posterior hippocampus volume was correlated with ice spent as a taxi driver (problem with this and a following stid followed)
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Maguire, Wollett, & Spiers, (2006)

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taxi drivers posterior hippocampus were larger then bus drivers

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Woollett & Maguire, (2011)

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successful trainees had improved memories, and their hippocampi grew over time

conclusions:
• hippocampus is important for processing and storing navigational and spatial information
• may be due to growth of new neurons (neurogenesis), or increased neural connection

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conclusion from all of the taxi drivers experiments

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  • hippocampus is important for processing and storing navigation and spatial information
  • may be due to growth of new neurone (neurogenesis), or increases neural connections
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neurogenesis

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the growth or development of new neurons

90
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Richard Haier & colleagues (2009)

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Experiment: how does playing video games affect brain structure

  • lil girls played Tetris for 1.5 hours per week for 3 months
  • BRAINS WERE ANALYZED USING FMRI
  • results: increased efficiency of some cortical area (mostly in frontal lobe)
  • different area of the cortex got thicker (indicates grey matter)
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what happens when neurotransmitters are not relieved by the other end?? reuptake ??

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when neurotransmitters are deactivated by being broken down, or by reuptake which is when they are reabsorbed into axon terminals

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( split brain syndrome) If an image was presented to the right visual field

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the patient could verbally identify it

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( split brain syndrome) If an image was presented to the left visual field

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the patient was unable to verbally name it, however, they could select the correct item using their left hand

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left hemisphere superior functions

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speech, math, and logic

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right hemisphere superior functions

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recognizing faces, handling emotions, and spatial tasks

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what did we learn from Richards Haier’s experiment ??

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  • increased efficiency of some cortical areas (mostly frontal lobe)
  • different area of the cortex got thicker (indicates increased grey area)
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Temporal lobe

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includes auditory cortex (heara tone)

  • handles auditory processing, language comprehension, vision, memory formation; object categorization

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