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Exam 3 - Section 1 (10/25) Flashcards

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_________ : functions of parts of the brain

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Anatomy

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_________ : effects of neurotransmitters and

hormones on brain processes

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Biochemistry

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Parts of _________
– Dendrites
– Axons

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nerves

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Types of nerves:

– Afferent nerves
– _________ nerves
– Interneurons

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Efferent

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Types of nerves:

– _________ nerves
– Efferent nerves
– _________

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  • Afferent

- Interneurons

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If its important for mood, its important for _________

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personality

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_________ nerves - Send information down to CNS

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Efferent

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_________ - Controls response to stimulus, environment, stress response, anxiety response

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CNS

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CNS - Controls response to stimulus, _________, stress response, _________ response

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  • environment

- anxiety

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_________ nervous system - Responds to stress, emergency situations

-Increases blood pressure, heart rate, dilates eyes

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Sympathetic

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Sympathetic nervous system - Responds to stress, _________ situations

-Increases blood pressure, _________, dilates eyes

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  • emergency

- heart rate

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_________ nervous system - Calms you down, relaxes blood vessels, slows heart rate

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Parasympathetic

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Parasympathetic nervous system - Calms you down, _________ blood vessels, slows _________

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  • relaxes

- heart rate

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_________ controls Sympathetic and Parasympathetic nervous systems

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CNS

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CNS includes:

  • _________ system - hormone system
  • _________
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  • Adrenal

- Spine

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_________ nerves - bring information up to your brain from the CNS

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Afferent

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Afferent nerves - bring information up to your _________ from the _________

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  • brain

- CNS

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_________ - between neurons, allow them to talk to each other

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Interneurons

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Interneurons - between neurons, allow them to _________ to each other

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talk

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Responstivity -

Someone who is very jumpy has a more _________ nervous system

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-reactive

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_________ = regulates emotional responses

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Amygdala

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_________ = receives and processes hormones and neurotransmitters

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Hypothalamus

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Hypothalamus = receives and processes hormones and _________

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neurotransmitters

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_________ - Secretes lots of hormones

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Hypothalamus

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_________ = executive function - cognition
Frontal lobe (frontal cortext)
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Frontal lobe (frontal cortext) = executive function - _________
cognition
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_________ = outer layer
Cortex
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Brain damage in _________ = lasting effects on personality
frontal cortex
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Dopamine we process is managed and handled in _________
the frontal cortex
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Brain damage in _________ can change levels of aggression, risk taking, etc
the frontal cortex
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Brain damage in the frontal cortex can change levels of aggression, _________ , etc
risk taking
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Brain damage in _________ = emotional processing, regulation -Can create a "short fuse"
rear of brain
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Brain damage in rear of brain = emotional _________, regulation -Can create a "_________ "
- processing | - short fuse
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Changes in _________ structure can change important parts of your _________
- brain | - personality
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_________ - Spike through brain damaged part of his brain (prefrontal cortex) making him aggressive, etc
Phineas Gage
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Phineas Gage - Spike through brain damaged part of his brain (prefrontal cortex) making him _________, bad decisions, etc
-aggressive
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Brain stimulation - electric signals | -Can make long lasting changes in _________
mood and affect
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Brain stimulation common for _________ disorder
bipolar
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Transcranial _________ stimulation (TMS)
magnetic
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transcranial _________ stimulation (tDCS)
direct current
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* ______encephalography (EEG) | * ______encephalography (MEG)
- Electro | - Magneto
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Brain activity and imaging – Detect WHAT PARTS of the brain are working * ___ scans * Positron emission tomography (PET) * Functional _________ Resistance Imaging (fMRI)
- CT | - Magnetic
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Brain activity and imaging – Detect WHAT PARTS of the brain are working * CT scans * Positron _________ tomography (PET) * Functional Magnetic Resistance Imaging (fMRI)
-emission
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Difficulties with imaging techniques – May indicate _________ activity
inhibitory
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Difficulties with imaging techniques All parts of the brain are always _________ to some degree • Blood oxygenation level dependent (_____) imaging signals and perfusion imaging
- active | - BOLD
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Difficulties with imaging techniques All parts of the brain are always active to some degree • Blood _________ level dependent (BOLD) imaging signals and _________ imaging
- oxygenation | - perfusion
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Difficulties with imaging techniques Brain activity in response to a _________ does not mean the same _________ process occurs every time that area is active
- stimulus | - psychological
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Difficulties with imaging techniques Most researchers only look at _________ areas • Difficult to detect the _________ context effect
- small | - neural
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Difficulties with imaging techniques The technology is _________ to use
-difficult
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Contentiousness, Extraversion - controlled by _________
amygdala
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_________ - Links perceptions and thoughts with emotional meaning
amygdala
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amygdala - • Role in negative and positive _________
emotions
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_________ - | Role in assessing whether a stimulus is threatening or rewarding
amygdala
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amygdala - Role in assessing whether a stimulus is _________ or rewarding
-threatening
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Damage to the _________ - changes levels of contentiousness, Extraversion
amygdala
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_________ - | Relevant traits: anxiety, fearfulness, sociability, sexuality, optimism, extraversion, neuroticism
amygdala
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amygdala - | Relevant traits: anxiety, _________, sociability, _________, optimism, extraversion, neuroticism
- fearfulness | - sexuality
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amygdala - | Relevant traits: anxiety, fearfulness, sociability, sexuality, _________, extraversion, _________
- optimism | - neuroticism
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– _________ murders at University of Texas in 1966 - Tumor next to amygdala - changed his thoughts and behaviors
Whitman
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– murders at University of Texas in 1966 - Tumor next to _________ - changed his thoughts and _________
- amygdala | - behaviors
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_________ - 25 year old student started having dark murderous thoughts, killed a bunch of people at university of Texas then killed his wife. -Tumor next to amygdala
Whitman
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Whitman - 25 year old student started having dark _________ thoughts, killed a bunch of people at university of Texas then killed his wife. -Tumor next to amygdala
murderous
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Whitman - -Left a note saying something was wrong with him, please do an autopsy on me. psychologist had told him he was fine - Had _________ pressing on amygdala
tumor

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