Week 1 Lecture 5

Question 1

Plasticity ->

Answer 1

The brain’s ability to change based on experience

Question 2

Cognitive neuroscience ->

Answer 2

Study of the links between brain activity and cognition

Question 2

Biological psychology ->

Answer 2

Scientific study linking biological and psychological processes

Question 3

Cognitive neuroscience includes

Answer 3

Perception, Thinking, Memory, Language

Question 4

Axons function is

Answer 4

Send messages from the cell body to other neurons, muscles, or glands

Question 5

Neuron ->

Answer 5

A nerve cell that is the basic building block of the nervous system

Question 5

Dendrites function is

Answer 5

Receive messages from other cells

Question 6

A neuron contains

Answer 6

Dendrites that listen and Axons that speak (send)

Question 7

Glial cells (glia)

Answer 7

They provide support and protection for neurons

Question 8

Synapse ->

Answer 8

The junction between the axon tip of a sending neuron and the dendrite of a receiving neuron

Question 9

Synaptic gap/ cleft ->

Answer 9

A ting gap at the synapse

Question 10

Neurotransmitters ->

Answer 10

Neuron-produced chemicals that cross the synaptic gap to carry messages to other neurons or muscles