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25 Cards in this Set
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anecdotal evidence
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evidence that has been informally collected and reported
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confounds
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uncontrolled factors that could influence the results
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3 types of Data
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self report data, behavioral measures, biological assessment
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external validity
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if its participants, etc. reflect the world out of investigation
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neurons
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individual cells that act as the information processors
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CAT SCAN
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xray sides of brain and compute on computer an image
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MRI
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no xrays. very high frequency alternating megnetic field thru the brain
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EEG
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reveals brain function. detects electrical currents.
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PET
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injection of radio active sugar
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Structures of the CNS
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The Hind Brain, the Fore Brian, the Midbrain,
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What found in the Hind Brain & what does it do
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Medula: regualates breathing and heart beats and how much blood should be pumped, reflexes, and maintains balance
Pons: integrates movement in face, eye, ear, regulates level of attentiveness and initiates sleep and dreaming cerebellum:data from muscles, joints, and tendons |
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What is in the midbrain and what does it do
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targets auditory and visual stimuli
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What is in the Forebrain
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Thalamus: relay station for sensory info going to cortex
Hypothalamus:control motivated behavior Basal Ganglia: regulates muscle contractions Limbic system"involved in emotional and motivational activities, learning and memory Cortex |
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Whats in the cortex?
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frontal: leads to movement
parietal: receives sensory from skin occipital: vision temporal: auditory |
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Apraxia:
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disturbance in the initiation or organization of voluntary action
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Agnosia:
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cant identify familiar objects using sensory temporal and parietal lobes
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Neglect sydndrome
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neflect left side
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aphasia
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dispruption of production of speech
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non-fluent aphasia
fluent aphasia |
can comprehend but no speak
can speak cant understand |
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What connects the two hemispheres
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corpus callosum
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Language effects which side
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left
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the right side does what
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complex thinker
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Types of Neurons
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dendrites, cell body (soma), axon
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Glial cells
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guidewires for neurons
Myelin fatty substance to increase neuron speed |
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What is a neuron resting potention
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when the inside is negative and outside it postive: equal
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