Neuroscience Intro

Question 1

are psychological processes based on material substrate?

Answer 1

the processes can be considered in the abstract but the implementation occurs on/in a physical substrate

Question 2

are psychological processes independant of material substrate?

Answer 2

the processes have nothing to with the brain, but the brain mechanisms inform process limitations

Question 3

what is dualism?

Answer 3

mind and brain are fundamentally differnet, trace back to Plato

Question 4

what is a problem for dualism?

Answer 4

how can physical events interact with influence of the non physical?

Question 5

what is monoism?

Answer 5

claim is that operations of the brain lead to mental events

Question 6

what are the counter evidence for monoism?

Answer 6

near death experiences, ghost sightings, out of body experience

Question 7

what are the three meninges which cover the CNS?

Answer 7

dura mater , arachnoid membrane and pia mater

Question 8

what are the two meninges which cover the PNS?

Answer 8

dura mater and pia mater

Question 9

how do meninges allow CNS to interact with environment?

Answer 9

has two loops, each containing efferetn adn afferent sections

Question 10

what are the three components of the forebrain?

Answer 10

cerebral cortex, basal ganglia and limbic system

Question 11

what are the 5 sub sections of the basal ganglia?

Answer 11

sub-cortical nuclei just lateral to thalamus, caudate nucleus, putamen, striatum, globus pllidus

Question 12

what does the sub cortical nuclei do?

Answer 12

involved in control of movement

Question 13

what does the caudate nucleus do?

Answer 13

urge to do things, related to rewards system

Question 14

what is the striatum ?

Answer 14

caudate and putamen

Question 15

what is the putamen?

Answer 15

learned automatic movements i.e. driving

Question 16

what is the globus pallidus?

Answer 16

control of voluntary movement

Question 17

what are the three sub sections of the limbic system?

Answer 17

cingulate cortex, amygdala and hippocampus

Question 18

what is the cingulate cortex?

Answer 18

error signals , attention and emotion

Question 19

what is the amygdala?

Answer 19

emotion, moslty fear

Question 20

what is the hippocampus?

Answer 20

formation of recall of memories / navigation

Question 21

what are the three sub sections of the telencephalon system in the forebrain?

Answer 21

basal ganglia, cerebral cortex and limbic system

Question 22

what are the two sub sections of the diencephalon system in the forebrain?

Answer 22

thalamus and hypothalamus

Question 23

what does the thalamus do?

Answer 23

controls input to cerebral cortex

Question 24

what does the hypothalamus do?

Answer 24

controls autonomic nervous system

Question 25

what is the main section of the mid brain?

Answer 25

mesencephalon

Question 26

what are the two sub sections of the hind brain?

Answer 26

metencephalon and myelencephalon

Question 27

what are the two sub sections of the metencephalon?

Answer 27

pons and cerrebelum

Question 28

what is the cerrebelum?

Answer 28

little brain , sensory information, modulated motor commands= precise movement , sensitive to alcohol

Question 29

what are pons?

Answer 29

bridge between cerebellum and cortex, role in sleep/arousal , facial muscles and tongue

Question 30

what is the sub section of the myelencephalon?

Answer 30

medulla oblongata

Question 31

what does the medulla iblongata do?

Answer 31

role in automatic nervous contro of cardio vascular system, swallowing etc