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28 Cards in this Set
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Brain Stem |
Spinal cord, basic functions like breathing, heartbeat and blood pressure. |
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Cerebellum |
Controls balance and movement. |
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Occipital Lobes |
Processess visual information |
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Temporal Lobes |
Hearing, language, memory for facts, visual memory, and emotion. |
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Parietal Lobes |
Sensory input and spatial awareness. |
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Frontal Lobes |
Complex thoughts, movement, language, working memory, and self-control. |
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Neurons |
Cells that make up the nervous system. Communicate across a synapse. |
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Synapse |
The place where the axon from one neuron meets the dendrites of another neuron.
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Synaptogenesis |
The development of new synapses.
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Plasticity |
The ability of an immature brain to change in form and function.
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Corpus Callosum |
The band of fibers that connects the two hemispheres of the brain. |
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Neurotransmitters |
Chemicals that transmit nerve impulses across a synapse from one nerve cell to another. |
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Axon |
The part of a nerve cell that conducts impulses away from the cell body. |
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Dendrites |
The parts of a neuron that receive impulses from other neurons. |
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Experience-Expectant Brain Development |
Development that occurs when we encounter experiences that our brain expects as a normal event. |
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Experience-Dependent Brain Development |
Development that occurs in response to specific learning experiences. |
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Myelination |
The process of laying down a fatty sheath of myelin on the neurons. |
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Sensations |
The information from the environment that is picked up by our sense organs. |
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Perception |
The process of interpreting and attaching meaning to sensory information. |
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Visual Acuity |
The ability to see things in sharp detail. |
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Circumcision |
Surgical removal of the foreskin of the penis. |
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Cross-Modal Transfer of Perception |
Perception with one sense enables recognition of that object with another sense, such as touch. |
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Reflexes |
Patterned, involuntary, motor responses that are controlled by the lower brain centers. |
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Gross Motor Skills |
Skills that involve the large muscle groups of the body. |
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Fine Motor Skilss |
Skills that involve small movements, mostly of the hands and fingers, lips and tongue. |
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Proximodistal |
Development that proceeds from the central axis of the body toward the extremities. |
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SIDS |
The unexpected death of an apparently healthy infant. |
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Cortisol |
A hormone produced as part of the stress response that prepares the body to deal with threat and also shuts down nonessential functions. |
