Nervous System
A system of networks of neurons that connect different parts of the body to each other and the brain to electrochemical signals
What is the nervous system?
The left hemisphere controls the right side of the body, and the right hemisphere controls the left side of the body
What does contralateral refer to?
Also accept: What is contralateral?
The specific research design used when researching Phineas Gage
What is a case study?
This research design allows a causal relationship to be established between variables.
What is experimental (research)?
This song by Olivia Dean won Triple J's Hottest 100 in 2026.
What is Man I Need?
Sensory and motor
What are the branches of the somatic nervous system?
This part of the brain transfers information registered in one hemisphere to the other hemisphere for processing
What is the corpus callosum?
The researcher on your syllabus associated with pre-frontal lobotomies.
Who is Walter Freeman?
This method of sampling involves recruiting participants through referrals from other participants.
What is snowballing?
They headlined the NFL Super Bowl this year (2026)
Who is Bad Bunny?
This connects the brain to the peripheral nervous system
What is the spinal cord?
The lobe of the brain that is involved with body sensations/tactile sensations
What is parietal?
Roger Sperry was associated with research in this area (syllabus terms required).
What are split brain studies?
The extent to which the results of a study can be generalised.
What is external validity?
The animal associated with the year we have entered, according to the Lunar New Year calendar.
What is horse?
The division of the peripheral nervous system that transmits sensory information received from receptor cells inwards towards the central nervous system, and motor messages from the central nervous system to the body’s voluntary skeletal muscle
What is the somatic nervous system?
The most anterior/forward part of the frontal lobe and the most evolved area of the brain.
What is the pre-frontal cortex?
The name of the ice pick tool Freeman used in his surgeries.
What is a leukotome?
The researcher studies a group not only by observing the group, but also by participating in the activities of the group
What is participant observation?
The number of students this class started with at the beginning of the year.
What is 20?
Examples of this part of the nervous system activating could be decreased heart rate, pupil constriction, decreased blood pressure.
What is the parasympathetic nervous system?
A feature of Broca's Aphasia where patients may be limited to ‘telegraphic’ statements (words like ‘is’ or ‘the’ are left out).
What is agrammatism?
The condition that a 'split brain' is used to cure.
What is epilepsy?
Simply knowing that someone is in an experiment can lead participants to change their behaviour
What is the Hawthorne effect?
She won gold in the women's figure skating.
Who is Alysa Liu?