Neuro test prep

Question 1

what connects both wernicke and and Broca’s area

Answer 1

arcuate fasciculus

Question 2

wernicke has a prob with

Answer 2

comprehension

Question 3

Broca has a prob with

Answer 3

speech/production

Question 4

partial loss as opposed to complete loss

Answer 4

dys

Question 5

when you cannot remember a word

Answer 5

anomia

Question 6

cannot read

Answer 6

Alexia

root word: lex

Question 7

deficit in writing

Answer 7

agraphia

Question 8

vision based on what kind of communication

Answer 8

gestures or facial expression/body languages/ sign language

Question 9

seeing is the access and then promoting you to make a selection
-then selection and integration

Answer 9

lexical access

Question 10

4 lexical organizational principles

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-organize based on meaning –> morpheme
-usage
-organized based on sound –> phoneme
-based on semantic relationships

Question 11

1st stage of addiction

Answer 11

binge/intoxication

Question 12

where is involved in binge/intoxication

Answer 12

basal ganglia (habit formation)

Question 13

2nd stage of addiction

Answer 13

withdrawal/negative affect

Question 14

what is involved in withdrawal/negative affect

Answer 14

extended amygdala

Question 15

what is the 3rd stage of addiction

Answer 15

preoccupation/anticiptation

Question 16

what is involved in preoccupation/anticipation

Answer 16

prefrontal cortex

Question 17

wanting, motivation connected to the affect of the drug –> induce dopaminergic release in nucleus accumbent with the drug

Answer 17

incentive salience

Question 18

repeated use of drug –> become dissociated, use without linking _____ & _____

Answer 18

compulsivity and impulsivity

Question 19

what are the 3 things that lead to relapse

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-drug itself
-cues
-stress

Question 20

fear processing and rewarding stimuli occurs here

Answer 20

amygdala

Question 21

what happens if there is no amygdala

Answer 21

eliminates dear responses and ability to learn fear vs. mood

Question 22

___ helps guide behavior while mood is long term

-helps for survival + reproduction, teaches something through experience

Answer 22

emotion

Question 23

____ can lead to mood disorders especially when there is stress, cognitive motivation, somatic, & behavioral responses

Answer 23

emotional dysregulation

Question 24

___ is critical to theories of emotion
-HPA axis

Answer 24

arousal

Question 25

amygdala lesions, impairment in fear processing extinction learning → unpairing

Answer 25

Kluver-Bucy syndrome

Question 26

present unconditioned stimulus again causes spontaneous recovery

Answer 26

reinstatement

Question 27

response in a different context 2 pathways

Answer 27

contextual renewal

Question 28

low road pathway

Answer 28

thalamus to amygdala (immediate response)

Question 29

high road pathway

Answer 29

thalamus → cortex → amygdala (cognitive assessment)

Question 30

flashbulb memory occurs because of ___

Answer 30

amygdala

Question 31

region involving disgust

Answer 31

insula

Question 32

in emotional regulation the front end does what

Answer 32

decide not to experience emotions/ not care/ ignore

Question 33

in emotional regulation the back end does what

Answer 33

dealing with emotions/ response focused

Question 34

what was affected in Phineas gage

Answer 34

front lobe OFC

Question 35

people show enhanced memory for info pertains to self as opposed to other people

Answer 35

self referencing effect

Question 36

how we understand what other people are feeling

Answer 36

theory of mind, empathy, experience sharing theory

Question 37

sally ann false belief test

Answer 37

theory of mind

Question 38

in mothering, what are the endocrine players

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estrogen (inc) and progresterone (dec) both happens at the same time

Question 39

no births

Answer 39

nulliparous

Question 40

what maintains maternal behavior early on --> endocrine to pups behaviors that rodent mothers exhibit with young

Answer 40

licking transporting nest building lactation

Question 41

one birth

Answer 41

primiparous

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multiple births

Answer 42

multiparous

Question 43

process of nulliparous female becoming maternally responsible

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maternal sensitization (exposure to pups) - usually 5-7 days scared of pups smell in the first place - take away their smell to speed up the process (anosmia) social support - buffer to mitigate stress

Question 44

processing safety occurs in

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ventromedial prefrontal cortex

Question 45

giving support →

Answer 45

opioids nuerotransmitter system

Question 46

is only one brain region involved in loneliness?

Answer 46

no; 8 interrelated pathways

Question 47

disorder of spacial awareness (lesion in brain) attenton set to same side of space that legion is on (ignore half of visual field)

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unilateral spacial neglect

Question 48

VISUAL deficit with half of visual field

Answer 48

hemianopsia

Question 49

you are trying to process multiple objects at the same time but you cant. You have impairments in the visual systems so you only see parts of the whole. Ex. when shown a picture of a house, you would only see a window, a door, a wall, and so on, but not the entire house.

Answer 49

Balint’s syndrome

Question 50

ability to attend to some stimuli and filter out other stimuli would use ability to filter out noise around you until your name is called perceptual load theory or treieman’s attenuation theory

Answer 50

cocktail party effect

Question 51

the quality of how we experience things contents of conscious experience → access to that information

Answer 51

qualia

Question 52

what's ADHD

Answer 52

genetic, affects learning, attentional disorder, staying focused and getting started, memory

Question 53

How do we express ourselves?

Answer 53

Nonverbal, verbal. writing, speaking

Question 54

liking is linked to

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opioids

Question 55

liking is linked to

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opioids

Question 56

anti-reward system, You are initially doing drugs beause they feel good, then you end up doing drugs becaue you dont wanna feel bad.

Answer 56

Solomons Opponent process theory

Question 57

Trait associated with addiction

Answer 57

impulsivity

Question 58

How are moods different from emotions

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moods are diffuse longer lasting and don't have an identifiable trigger.

Question 59

emotions are part of ____ behavior

Answer 59

social

Question 60

what are the 3 components of emotion

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-cognition -physiological -behavioral

Question 61

After extinction, the response comes back in the same context

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spontaneous recovery

Question 62

After extinction, the response comes back in a different context

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contextual renewal

Question 63

2 events get tied in together that you remember them both. one is more important but you remember the insignificant memory too cause its been “tagged” along with the other one (ex. U remember 9/11 but you also remember what u had for breakfast that morning)

Answer 63

Synaptic tagging capture

Question 64

How does therapy help to regulate emotions:

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(how can you change how you feel) Reappraise the information: maybe this isn't bad, try to see the silver lining, “im not going to have this response I'm going to mull it over”: RESPONSE FOCUSED You can decide how long you want this to affect you. Go do something else to emotionally regulate

Question 65

knowing info about yourself, and its also semantic knowledge, even if you dont have access to the memories that would show youre stubborn, It's stored somewhere else

Answer 65

Trait-based semantic knowledge

Question 66

If you want to know how someone else thinks (empathy), how would you do that:

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Experience sharing theory.

Question 67

What neuron is important in experience sharing theory

Answer 67

mirror neuron s

Question 68

Disorders that can arise from troubles with empathy

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Schizophrenia ASPD Autism

Question 69

Why are virgin mice scared of baby mice?

Answer 69

Their smell

Question 70

virgin mouse becomes maternally inclined (takes care of pups

Answer 70

Maternal sensitization