Biology of Mind and Consciousness Flashcards
After he suffered a stroke, Mr. Santore’s motor skills, vision, and hearing quickly returned to normal. Sadly, he began to have trouble figuring out how to find his way to neighborhood stores. Mr. Santore probably suffered damage to his…
Association areas
Fantastic images resembling hallucinations occur during…
NREM-1 sleep
People’s moral judgments are most likely to seem unrestrained by normal emotions if they have suffered damage to their…
Frontal lobes
Delta waves are most clearly associated with ___ sleep.
NREM-3
At 3 o’clock in the morning, John has already slept for 4 hours. As long as his sleep continues, we can expect an increasing occurrence of…
REM sleep
Three hours after going to sleep, Shoshanna’s heart rate increases, her breathing becomes more rapid, and her eyes move rapidly under her closed lids. Research suggests that Shoshanna is…
Dreaming
A simple, automatic, inborn response to a sensory stimulus is called a…
Reflex
Circadian rhythm refers to…
A pattern of biological functioning that occurs on a 24-hour cycle.
Which of the following is bad advice for a person trying to overcome insomnia?
Drink a glass of wine 15 minutes before bedtime.
Narcolepsy is a disorder in which a person…
Experiences uncontrollable attacks of overwhelming sleepiness.
The part of the peripheral nervous system that controls the glands and the muscles of the internal organs is called the…
Autonomic nervous system
The chemical messengers released into the junctions between neurons are called…
Neurotransmitters
Which theory emphasizes that dreams play a role in consolidating the day’s experiences in our memories?
Information-processing theory
Neurotransmitters are released from terminals at the end of the…
Axon
