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14 Cards in this Set
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temporal lobe
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auditory, recieves information from the ears
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frontal lobe
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speaking and muscles movements, making plans and judgements
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occipital lobe
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visual, receives information from the eyes
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parietal lobe
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sensory, touch and body position
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aphasia
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impairment of language caused by left hemisphere damage to brocha's or wernicke's
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plasticity
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brain's ability to modify itself after damage
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neurogenesis
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formation of new neurons
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split brain
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isolates the brain's hemispheres by cutting the fibers connecting them
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cognitive neuroscience
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study of brain activity and cognition
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dual processing
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information is processed simultaneously on separate conscious and unconscious tracks
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acetylcholine
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learning and memory, messenger at every junction between a motor neuron and skeletal muscle
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epinephrine and norephinephrine
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released by the adrenal glands, increase heartrate, blood pressure, and blood sugar, surge of energy
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serotonin
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learning, mood, sleep hormone
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GABA
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regulates neuron excitability
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