How psychologists study the brain: recording and stimulation
How psychologists study the brain: accidents and legions
How psychologists study the brain: images
Nature vs nurture, twin studies
Bonus
100
type of psychologist studies the brain and how it influences behavior?
What is a neuroscientist/ neurologist
100
A region of an organ that has been damaged
What is a lesion
100
Three ways doctors can study the brain using images
What are: MRI, PET, CT
100
Twins who come from one fertilized egg; twins having the same heredity
What are identical twins
100
Long thin cells of nerve tissue along which the messages travel to and from the brain
What are neurons
200
name of the wires that can be inserted into the brain to record electrical activity?
What is electrodes
200
Railroad foreman who was impaired by a tamping iron
Who is phineas gage
200
Discovered the connection between the brain and speech
Who is Dr. Paul Broca
200
Refers to Environmental factors such as family, culture, education, and individual experiences
What is nurture
200
Refers to the part of the peripheral nervous system that controls voluntary activities
What is the somatic nervous system (SNS)
300
records the electrical activities of whole areas of the brain?
What is a electroencephalogram (EEG)
300
Inflamed tissue, can occur after surgery
What is a brain abbess
300
Imaging technique used to study the brain to pinpoint injuries and brain deterioration
Computerized axial tomography (CT)
300
The building blocks of heredity
What are genes
300
This part of the brain controls memory, language, and learning
What is the temporal lobe
400
Ct scans reveal what kind of features of the brain
What is gross
400
To figure out what part of the brain does what
What is the function of a lesion
400
Captures pictures of the brain as different parts are being used
What is a positron emission tomography (PET)
400
Researcher that discovered seperate twins have common behavior
Who is Thomas Bouchard
400
The center of control of the endocrine system that secretes a large number of hormones
What is the pituitary gland
500
stimulated the brains of his patients during surgery to determine the function of varies parts of the brain?
Who is wilder penfield
500
The year if phi was Gage's accident
What is 1848
500
PET stands for
Position emission tomography
500
Another name for fraternal twins, developed from two fertilized eggs
What is dizygotic
500
Controls posture, balance, breathing. And reflexes. Contains the cerebellum, medulla and pons.
What is the hindbrain
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