Neuroscience (2c)

Question 1

Traumatic brain injury

Answer 1

Concussions, spinal cord injuries

Question 2

Acquired brain injury

Answer 2

Infections, exposure to toxins, tumours, degenerative diseases, strokes

Question 3

Treatments for brain injury

Answer 3

Ealry medica care
Medications
Cooling of the brain and body
Neuronal loss prevention treatments
Behavioural therapies

Question 4

Corpus callous

Answer 4

Made up of dense neural fibres (axons) that allow for communication of information from one side from the brain to the other
- connects the two brain hemispheres

Question 5

Evolution

Answer 5

The process of the development ad divergence of life (species) on this planet

Question 6

Evolutionary psychology

Answer 6

Studies how the process of evolution has shaped the body and brain via the interaction of our genes and the environment to produce our thoughts and behaviours

Question 7

Homologous traits

Answer 7

Characteristics that are similar between species and can be traced back to a common ancestor

Question 8

Analogous traits

Answer 8

Characteristics that have evolved independently in different species

Question 9

Convergent evolution

Answer 9

The development of similar physic characteristics or behaviour in different species that do not share a common ancestor

Question 10

Evolution by natural selection

Answer 10

animals with physical and behavioural attributes well suited to their environment are more likely to survive, reproduce and pass on their traits to their offspring

Question 11

Fitness

Answer 11

An individuals ability to successfully grow to maturity and have offspring

Question 12

Four observations of Darwin

Answer 12

1) animals are changing over time
2) aspects of species that seem different on the surface such as a human hand and a bats wing had structural similarities underneath
3)selective breeding of captive animals leads to changes in the appearance of the animal
4) Not all animals that are born will survive to maturity and be able to reproduce