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15 Cards in this Set
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What is differentiation?
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An increase from general to more specific functioning over the course of development.
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What is integration?
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An increasing coordination of body parts over the course of development.
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What is a neuron?
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Cell that transmits information to other cells; also called nerve cell.
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What is an axon?
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Armlike part of a neuron that sends information to other neurons.
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What is a dendrite?
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Branchlike part of a neuron that receives information from other neurons.
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What is a synapse?
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Junction between two neurons.
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What is a glial cell?
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Cell in the brain or other part of the nervous system that provides structural or functional support for one or more neurons.
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What is the hindbrain?
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Part of the brain controlling the basic physiological processes that sustain survival.
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What is the midbrain?
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Part of the brain that coordinates communication between the hindbrain and forebrain.
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What is the forebrain?
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Part of the brain responsible for complex thinking, emotions, and motivation.
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What is the cortex?
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Part of the forebrain that houses conscious thinking processes (executive functions).
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What are executive functions?
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Purposeful and goal-directed intellectual process (e.g., reasoning, decision making) made possible by higher brain structures.
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What is the left hemisphere?
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Left side of the cortex; largely responsible for sequential reasoning and analysis, especially in right-handed people.
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What is the right hemisphere?
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Right side of the cortex; largely responsible for simultaneous processing and synthesis, especially in right-handed people.
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What is synaptogenesis?
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A universal process in brain development whereby many new synapses appear, typically in the first 3-and-a-half years of life.
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