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Unit Quiz 1.3-1.4 Flashcards

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1
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Parietal lobe

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Top: sensory information (touch and body position)

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NT: Influences movement, learning, attention, and emotion (I JUST WANNA BE PART OF YOUR SYMPHONY)

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Dopamine

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NT: Inhibitory transmitter (calm meditating dog)

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GABA

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Records magnetic fields from the brain’s natural electrical currents

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MEG

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Tracks radioactive glucose as it moves through the brain

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PET (PET like waking the glucose)

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Biopsychosocial approach

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Combining biological, psychological, and social aspects into analyzing behavior

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Axon

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Passes messages to other neurons, muscles, and glands

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Good at inferences and perceptual tasts

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Right half

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Neurogenesis

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Formation of new neurons

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NT: Pain perception and immune response (sick dog)

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Substance P

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NT: Enables muscle action, learning, and memory (Nerd cat)

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Acetylcholine (ACh)

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Midbrain

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Auditory and visual

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Myelin sheath

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Insulates and keeps the impulses quick

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X-rays of the head that generate images to try and locate damage

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CT

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Depressant drugs

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Calm neural activity; alcohol, barbiturates, and opioids

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Hallucinogenic drugs

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Distort perceptions; LSD, and marijuana

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Frontal lobe damage

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No moral compass, personality changes

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Cell body

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Life support center

19
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NT: Perception of pain and pleasure (Moo Deng)

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Endorphins

20
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Electrodes placed on scalp to measure electrical activity

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EEG

21
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Forebrain

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Complex cognition

22
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NT: Inhibitory, memory (i forgot my name roblox)

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Glutamate

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NT: Helps control alertness and arousal (WRIO)

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Norepinephrine

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NT: Affects mood, hunger, sleep, and arousal (Akaashi)

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Serotonin

25
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Good at verbal and calculations

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Left half

26
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Magnetic fields and radio waves provide a map of the brain; static structure

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MRI

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Hindbrain

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Survival functions

28
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Stimulant drugs

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Excite neural activity; nicotine, cocaine, and ecstasy

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Occipital lobe

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Back: visual information

30
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Measures blood flow; dynamic brain structure

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fMRI

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Corpus callosum

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Band of nerves that connect the two brain hemispheres

32
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Temporal lobe

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Temples/sides: auditory information

33
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Dendrites

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Receive messages from other cells

34
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Axon terminals

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The end of the neuron, sends the information

35
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Frontal lobe

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Front: language and higher order thinking

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