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20 Cards in this Set
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Neuropsychologists
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They explore the relationship between your nervous system and your behavior
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Broca's Area
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Allows you to speak so others can understand you
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Wernicke's Area
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Allows you to understand language.
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Aphasia
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A condition that affects your speech.
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Corpus Callosum
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A section of the brain that allow for the two hemispheres to talk to each other
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Lesions
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Precise destruction of brain tissue
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CAT (computer axial tomography)
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2 dimensional x-rays of the brain.
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MRI (magnetic resonance imaging)
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Radio and magnetic pulses that measure density
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EEG ( electroencephalogram )
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Uses electrodes placed on the scalpr to measure evoked potentials.
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PET (Position emmision tomography)
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Traces metabolic activity in the brain
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Functional MRI
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More sensitive MRI that measures oxygen levels in the brain.
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Central nervous system
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The brain and spinal column
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Peripheral Nervous system
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All the nerves and receptors in the body that are not part of the brain or spinal column
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Somatic
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Controls voluntary movement of the skeletal muscles
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Autonomic
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Controls the automatic stuff i your body.
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Sympathetic
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Flight or Fight syndrome
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Parasympathetic
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Reverse Flight or Flight
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Gyri
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Peaks in your brain
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Sulci
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Valleys in your brain
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Convulsions
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The folding of your brain that creates more surface area
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