The Brain Flashcards

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Descirbe the brainstem

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  • Sensorimotor coordination
  • Includes the midbrain, pons, and medulla
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Describe the reticular formation

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  • Level of arousal
  • Sensory input & motor behavior
  • Posture & locamotion
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Describe the cerebellum

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  • Posture
  • Balance
  • Coordinating automatic movements
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Describe the thalamus

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  • Relay hub for sensory info (except smell)
  • Learning/memory
  • Cortical arousal
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5
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Describe the amygdala

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  • Threat assessment center
  • Connects emotion to memory
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Describe the hippocampus

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  • Memory formation/retrieval
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Describe the hypothalamus

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  • Fight/flight/freeze
  • Homeostasis
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Describe the basal ganglia

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  • Includes the caudate nucleus, putamen, globus pallidus, & sub thalamus
  • Initiation of voluntary movement
  • Memory formation & related skills, habits, & routinized behaviors
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Describe the cerebral cortex

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  • Right hemisphere: visual spatial formation & attention
  • Left hemisphere: language & skilled movement
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Describe the occipital lobe

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  • Visual processing neurons
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Describe the temporal lobe

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  • Auditory processing neurons
  • Object recognition
  • Long term memory
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Describe the parietal lobe

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  • Touch
  • Temperature
  • Proprioception
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Describe the frontal lobe

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  • Process
  • Plan for & respond to challenges (problem solving)/movement
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Describe the prefrontal cortex

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  • Coordinates every function of the brain
  • Highest order of processing
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What are the 3 major functions of the cerebral cortex

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  • Sensation: concrete experience
  • Integration: reflective observation & abstract conceptualization
  • Motion: active experimentation
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16
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what are the steps in memory formation

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  • Sensory info
  • Encoding: working/short-term memory
  • Consolidation: storage, long-term memory
  • Retrieval: recall
17
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Moving info from short to long-term memory requires further processing of the data

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  • Active manipulation
  • Reflection
18
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List some learning strategies

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  • Rehearsal/elaboration
  • Recruiting multiple memory pathways: visual, auditory, kinesthetic
  • Emotion
  • Attention and arousal: changing your voice/volume, location, direct address
  • Context, relevance, personal meaning: facilitates buy-in
  • Linking to prior knowledge and experience
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What are the 2 types of learning

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  • Declarative
  • Non-declarative
20
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Describe declarative memory

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  • Explicit memory
  • Semantic: factual info, can speak or write about it, recall info not related to a specific event
  • Episodic: remember when & where we learned certain info, more complex form oof memory
  • Strategy: elaboration, elaborative rehearsal
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Describe non-declarative memory

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  • Implicit memory
  • Procedural: skills & habits, basis for motor learning & how we teach movement, needs repetition & practice over long period, less likely to be forgotten
  • Emotional: associated with positive/negative arousal
  • Strategy: rehearsal, repetition
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Describe the relationship between aging and memory

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  • Older adults need more time to process info
  • Short term memory may be limited
  • Use personally relevant activities & tie these activities to exercise
  • Minimize distractions
  • Utilize emotion to enhance learning
23
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List the strategies for enhancing memory formation

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  • Rehearsal & elaboration
  • Creating context/linking info to prior knowledge
  • Recruiting multiple memory pathways
  • Active learning strategies
24
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Describe rehearsal & elaboration

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  • Mnemonics
  • Group discussions/debriefing
  • Reciprocal teaching (patient to caregiver)
25
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Describe creating context/linking info to prior knowledge

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  • Use concrete examples
  • Creating authentic real world experiences
  • Standardized patients/simulations
  • Assisting students/patients in seeing relevance in information
26
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Describe recruiting multiple memory pathways

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  • Visual aids in addition to auditory information
  • Practicing steps with lab partners
  • Active reflection (how is the treatment with one patient different from another and why)
27
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List active learning strategies

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  • Hands-on learning
  • Reflection
  • Discussion