psychology #6

Question 1

Association areas

Answer 1

areas of the cortex involved in higher mental functions

Question 2

Plasticity

Answer 2

the brains ability to change by reorganizing after damage or by building new pathways based on experience

Question 3

Neurogenesis

Answer 3

the formation of new neurons

Question 4

Corpus callosum

Answer 4

band of neural fibers connecting the brain hemispheres

Question 5

Split brain

Answer 5

A condition resulting from surgery that isolates the brain’s two hemispheres by cutting the fibers (mainly those of the corpus callosum) connecting them

Question 6

Consciousness

Answer 6

subjective awareness of ourselves and our environment

Question 7

Cognitive neuroscience

Answer 7

study of brain activity linked with cognition

Question 8

Dual processing

Answer 8

information processing on separate consious and unconsious tracks

Question 9

Blindsight

Answer 9

ability to respod to visual stimuli without conscious experience

Question 10

Parallel processing

Answer 10

processing many aspects of a problem simultaneously

Question 11

Sequential processing

Answer 11

processing one aspect of a problem at a time