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22 Cards in this Set
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Broca's area
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left frontal region responsible for PRODUCTION of language
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Brainstem functions:
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houses basics like swallowing, breathing, vomiting, urination, and orgasm
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Cerebellum:
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motor control
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Hypothalamus:
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temp. regulation, emotion, sex
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Thalamus:
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"gateway to the brain" almost all sensory information except for smell goes through it first
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Hippocampus:
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formation of new memories
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Amygdala:
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processes emotional info and responses; fear learning
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Basal Ganglia:
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initiation of planned movement
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Cerebral Cortex:
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everything...has 4 lobes and bridge between them
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Occipital Lobe:
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very back of cerebral cortex, VISION
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Parietal Lobes:
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above occipital; touch; spatial reasoning
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Where and what is the primary somatosensory cortex?
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at front of parietal lobes, is the "little man" that represents the body "Homunculus"
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Temporal Lobes:
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below the parietal and frontal lobes; important for auditory and memory
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Frontal Lobes:
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planning and movement
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Prefrontal Corex:
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30% of brain, attention, memory, decisions, social, personality
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Define transduction
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process with which sensory receptors produce neural impulses
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What is Weber's Law?
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states that difference is noticeable in proportion to original stimulus
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Is perception subjective and if so why?
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Yes it is, explained by the Signal Detection Theory you have to make a decision as to whether you perceive something or not.
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Sensory Adaption:
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decrease in sensitivity due to constant stimulation
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What are the aspects of pain?
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sensory and emotional
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Your perception of limbs in space:
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Kinesthetic Sense
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Your perception of balance
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Vestibular Sense
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