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22 Cards in this Set
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What is the brainstems main purpose?
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Regulates life-support.
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What is the brainstem made up of?
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1) Medulla
2) Pons 3) Reticular Formation |
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What does the medulla do?
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Vital involuntary functions (breathing, heartbeat, blood pressure, etc)
If damaged you will die. |
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What does the reticular formation control?
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Sleep, arousal, attention.
Related to (de) activation. |
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What does the cerebellum do?
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Related to balance and movement.
Learning and development of motor tasks. Builds neuronal connections. |
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Where is the limbic system and what is it important for?
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Above brainstem and surrounded by cortex.
Critical to motivation, emotion, and memory. |
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What does the thalamus do?
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-part of limbic system
"Sensory Relay Station" When you sense information this goes to brain and a lot goes through here where it is then sent else where. |
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What does the amygdala do?
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-part of limbic system
"Aggression and Fear-Anxiety Center" (Tumors on amygdala can cause very aggressive behavior) |
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What does the hippocampus control?
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-part of limbic system
Memory formation Involved with creating verbal and conscious memories. |
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What does the basal ganglia do?
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-part of limbic system
Movement and via nucleus accumbens, reward. Increasingly recognized for learning, movement, and reward. |
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What does the hypothalamus do?
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-part of limbic system
Regulates temperature, hunger, activity of ANS, hormone release via pituitary, site of "pleasure center" |
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Where is the motor cortex?
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At the rear of the frontal lobe.
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What does the temporal lobe contain?
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Auditory cortex -- hearing.
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What does the parietal lobe contain?
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Somatosensory cortex -- touch.
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What does the occipital lobe contain?
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Visual cortex -- vision.
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What does Broca's area do?
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Language production and speaking (associated with motor cortex)
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What does Wernicke's Area do?
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Language reception and understanding (associated with temporal lobe)
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Explain the steps through the brain of language processing.
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1) Visual Cortex - seeing the words
2) Angular Gyrus - transferred into auditory code 3) Wernicke's Area - interpreted / understood 4) Broca's Area - change into what to say 5) Motor Cortex - words are pronounced |
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What is the left side of the brain specialized in?
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Language processing.
Noticing parts. Verbal reasoning processes. |
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What is the right side of the brain specialized in?
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Spatial perception.
Perception of faces. Larger units (wholes) |
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What is the IV of Tiffany Field's Mother Nurture experiment?
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Periodic massages versus no touch.
45 minutes/day for 10 days. |
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What were the three DV's in Tiffany Field's Mother Nurture experiment?
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1) Gained weight - must gain to mature (stimulated growth hormone)
2) More active - motor skills 3) More alert - cognitive, paid attn. to stimuli |
