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Vocab 501-550 Flashcards

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Located in the left frontal lobe; controls muscles involved in producing speech; damage prevents speech production

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Broca’s Area

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Located in the left temporal lobe; interprets written and spoken speech; damage would affect our ability to understand language

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Wernicke’s Area

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Thin vertical strip located at the back of the frontal lobe; controls voluntary movements by sending signals to our muscles

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Motor Cortex

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Thin vertical strip located at the front of the parietal lobe; receives signals from throughout our bodies

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Sensory Cortex

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What are the four parts of the Limbic System?

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Thalamus
Hypothalamus
Hippocampus
Amygdala

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Filters incoming external sensory information

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Thalamus

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The volume of a person’s thalamus correlates with what disorder?

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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

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Filters incoming internal sensory information; tells us when we are thirsty

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Hypothalamus

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Converts short-term memory (working memory) into long-term memory

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Hippocampus

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Regulates our emotions, especially fear

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Amygdala

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A neuron (nerve cell) that fires a neurotransmitter as a result of an action potential entering its axon terminal

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Presynaptic Neuron

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A neuron (nerve cell) that receives a neurotransmitter after it has crossed the synapse

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Postsynaptic Neuron

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Kind of neurotransmitter that has an inhibitory effect on other neurons; they decrease the likelihood that the neuron will fire on an action potential

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Inhibitory Neurotransmitter

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Kind of neurotransmitter that has an excitatory effect on other neurons; they increase the likelihood that the neuron will fire on an action potential

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Excitatory Neurotransmitter

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Type of antidepressant medication that works by increasing the levels of serotonin within the brain

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Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor (SSRIs)

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Using drugs, having sex, and eating cheeseburgers can all activate the brain’s reward pathway. What neurotransmitter fuels the reward pathway?

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Dopamine

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A lack of this neurotransmitter correlates with Parkinson’s Disease

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Dopamine

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An excess of this neurotransmitter correlates with Schizophrenia

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Dopamine

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A dopamine agonist (L-DOPA) would most likely be prescribed to treat what disorder?

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Parkinson’s Disease

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A dopamine antagonist (Chlorpromazine) would most likely be prescribed to treat what disorder?

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Schizophrenia

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Side effect of antipsychotic drugs; causes jerky movements of your face and body

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Tardive Dyskinesia

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Inhibitory neurotransmitter that decreases activity in your nervous system

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GABA (Gamma Aminobutyric Acid)

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The most abundant excitatory neurotransmitter; too much can cause high levels of anxiety, fear, and insomnia

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Glutamate

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Hormone secreted by the adrenal glands when a person experiences strong emotions such as fear or anger

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Epinephrine

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Hormone that increases heart rate

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Norepinephrine

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Neurotransmitter released in response to an injury and in allergic reaction, causing contraction of smooth muscle and dilation of capillaries

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Histamine

27
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What key development led to the evolution of the brain?

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Opposable Thumbs

28
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The hindbrain is also called what?

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The Reptilian Brain

29
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Name two disorders associated with the Basal Ganglia

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Tourette’s Syndrome
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

30
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Links the forebrain with the hindbrain

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Midbrain

31
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What are the four parts of the hindbrain

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Cerebellum
Pons
Medulla
Reticular Formation

32
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What part of the hindbrain coordinates movement?

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Cerebellum

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What part of the hindbrain controls breathing?

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Medulla

34
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What part of the hindbrain controls sleep

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Pons

35
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What part of the hindbrain controls sensory signals?

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Reticular Formation

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The neuron’s body (or any cell’s body) is called what?

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Soma

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Small knobs at the end of an axon that release chemicals called neurotransmitters

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Terminal Buttons

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Point at which a neurotransmitter binds with a postsynaptic neuron

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Receptor Site

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What principle states that either the entire action potential message is sent or none of it is sent?

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All-or-None Law

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The frequency at which a neuron generates and action potential is called what?

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Neural Firing

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Reflexes are initiated in what part of the CNS?

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The Spinal Cord

42
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Sympathetic Nervous System prepares the body for?

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Fight or Flight

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Parasympathetic Nervous System prepares the body for?

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Rest and Digest

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Research technique where the brain is purposely damaged to see its effects on cognition and behavior

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Lesioning

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Tendency for some neural functions to be specialized to one side of the brain or the other

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Brain Lateralization

46
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Parts of the cerebral cortex that receives inputs from multiple areas

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Association Area

47
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American psychologist who won the 1981 Nobel Prize in Physiology for his work with split-brain research

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Roger Sperry

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American neuropsychologist who along with Roger Sperry pioneered split-brain surgery

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Michael Gazzaniga

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American psychologist best known for his studies of twins, particularly as part of the Minnesota Study of Twins Reared Apart (MISTRA)

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Thomas Bouchard

50
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Bouchard’s twin studies demonstrated that IQ is heavily influenced by what?

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Genetics

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