Vocabulary

Question 1

The ability to respond to a visual stimulus even with no conscious awareness of the stimulus

Answer 1

Blindsight

Question 2

widespread damage to temporal lobes; monkeys can walk around ok, but put cigarettes & razor blades into their mouths

Answer 2

Kluver Bucy Syndrome

Question 3

caused by damage to the right parietal lobe; people ignore objects in their contralateral half of body

Answer 3

Visual Neglect

Question 4

able to see, but unable to recognize; due to damage to V2 temporal lobe

Answer 4

Visual Agnosia

Question 5

an area of blindness due to damage to the primary (V1); blind in corresponding contralateral visual field of both eye

Answer 5

Scotomas

Question 6

a sensory receptor in the dermis or epidermis

Answer 6

Cutaneous Receptor

Question 7

a sudden onset cerebrovasular event that causes brain damage

Answer 7

Stroke

Question 8

bleeding in the brain

Answer 8

cerebral hemorrhage or cerebral stroke

Question 9

disruption of blood supply in the brain

Answer 9

cerebral ischemia or ischemia stroke

Question 10

a tumor growing within membranes; usually benign and can be surgically removed

Answer 10

Encapsulated Tumor

Question 11

a tumor that grows through surrounding tissue; malignant, difficult to remove or destroy

Answer 11

Infilitrating Tumor

Question 12

closed-head injuries that involve damage to the cerebral circulatory system

Answer 12

contusion

Question 13

a bruise or collected blood

Answer 13

Hematoma

Question 14

invasion of the brain by microorganisms

Answer 14

brain infections

Question 15

a common bacterial brain infection

Answer 15

syphilis

Question 16

a common viral brain infection

Answer 16

rabies, mumps & herpes

Question 17

chronic insanity produced by a neurotoxin

Answer 17

toxic psychosis

Question 18

a chronic insanity due to mercury exposure

Answer 18

mad hatter

Question 19

unaware of illness; direct consequence of neglect syndrome

Answer 19

ansognosia

Question 20

unable to recognize particular faces; inability to recognize specific objects belonging to a complex class of objects

Answer 20

prosopagnosia

Question 21

tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA) can treat _________

Answer 21

Cerebral Ischemia or Ischemia Stroke

Question 22

resulting inflammation from brain infection

Answer 22

encephalitis

Question 23

contusions are often on the side of the brain opposite to the blow

Answer 23

countercoup injury

Question 24

seizures are often preceded by a smell, hallucination or feeling called ___________

Answer 24

epileptic aura

Question 25

general information memory is called

Answer 25

semantic memory

Question 26

memory of events is called

Answer 26

episodic memory

Question 27

semantic memory may function normally while episodic memory does not

Answer 27

medial temporal lobe amnesia

Question 28

synapses are effectively made stronger by repeated stimulation

Answer 28

long-term potentiation (LTP)

Question 29

difficulty performing movements when asked to do so out of context

Answer 29

apraxia

Question 30

a speech disorder in which a person has difficulty comprehending speech and producing meaning spontaneous speech; caused by damage to the region of the brain posterior to Wernick's area

Answer 30

transcortical sensory aphasia

Question 31

presence of abnormal symptoms (incoherence, hallucinations, delusions)

Answer 31

postivie symptoms

Question 32

absence of normal symptoms (flat affect, cognitive deficits, little speech)

Answer 32

negative symptoms

Question 33

fear in the absence of threat

Answer 33

anxiety

Question 34

when anxiety interferes with normal functioning; accompanied by physiological symptoms

Answer 34

anxiety disorder

Question 35

stress and anxiety in the absence of a causal stimulus

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generalized anxiety disorder

Question 36

stress and anxiety triggered by a stimulus

Answer 36

phobic anxiety disorder

Question 37

obsessive thoughts alleviated by compulsive actions

Answer 37

obsessive compulsive disorder

Question 38

the ability to discriminate, categorize and react to environmental stimuli

Answer 38

consciousness

Question 39

difficult to recognize an object by touch but can recognize pictures or sketch out the same object

Answer 39

somatosensory agnosia

Question 40

a tumor encased or attached to meninges

Answer 40

meningiomas brain tumor

Question 41

a tumor that grows diffusely through surrounding tissue

Answer 41

infiltrating brain tumor

Question 42

transfer of tumor cells from one region to another

Answer 42

metastatic brain tumor

Question 43

a glutamate receptor

Answer 43

NMDA receptor

Question 44

a neurotransmitter important for long-term potentiation, learning and memory

Answer 44

glutamate

Question 45

brain injuries due to blows that do not penetrate the skull, the brain collides with the skull

Answer 45

closed head injuries

Question 46

a condition caused by repeated cerebral concussions and characterized by weakness in the lower limbs, unsteadiness of gait, slowness of muscular movements, hand tremors, hesitancy of speech and mental dullness

Answer 46

punch-drunk syndrome

Question 47

a disorder resulting in involuntary, repetitive body motions; caused by long rem or high dosage of chlorpromazine

Answer 47

tardive dyskinesia

Question 48

process of program cell death

Answer 48

apoptosis

Question 49

cells that promote regeneration

Answer 49

schwann cells

Question 50

cells that block regeneration

Answer 50

oligodendrogila cells

Question 51

unable to remember the past

Answer 51

retrograde amnesia

Question 52

unable to form new memories

Answer 52

anterograde amnesia

Question 53

a contact lens to restrict visual input to one hemisphere

Answer 53

z lens