Eye
A part of the eye that covers the front of the eye
What is the cornea?
Condenses sound waves and sends them to the ear drum.
What is auditory canal.
Branched extensions that receive impulses
What is the dendrites.
A recurring sleep stage during which dreams commonly occur
What is REM sleep?
Central focal point in the retina with the greatest visual acuity
What is the Fovea
Light enters through this part of the eye
What is the pupil
carries the nerve impulses to the auditory cortex of the brain
What is the auditory nerve.
An area of the brain with has damaged tissue is called a ...
What is lesion.
Sleep disorder where you will spontaneously get drowsy or lose muscular tension.
What is narcolepsy.
This condition is when a person has an inability to see combinations of red, greens, and blues.
what is color blindness.
Part of the eye that focuses the images, if you have bad eyes this would cause your eye sight to be poor.
What is the lens
detect the lightest movement of the head in any direction and head tilt.
What are the semicircular canals.
The occipital lobes are to ________ as the temporal lobes are to ________.
what is seeing and hearing.
The ability for mammals to get extra long REM sleep after periods of sleep deprivation.
What is REM rebound.
This principles centers around being able to subconsciously detects visual information such as color, movement, and shape while looking at an image.
What is parallel processing.
surrounds pupil and regulates the amount of light entering they eye
What is iris
The three small bones in your ear which pass on the vibration of sound waves.
What are the ossicles (hammer, anvil, and stirrup)
As you are reading this question, the cells in your eyes are firing in response to the light coming from this paper. Which type of neuron is carrying this message to the brain?
What are sensory neurons.
According to Freud, the latent content of a dream refers to
What is the meaning.
While playing tennis you need to know where your limbs are located so you can move them into the right positions to run or swing your racket. Which of the following senses provides this information?
What is the kinesthetic sense.
cells that work best in bright light, enable you to see color
What are cones
this is where sound vibrations are changed into nerve impulses
What is the cochlea.
Which brain area is primarily involved with controlling speech?
What is the Broca's Area.
Cindi prefers to take exams in the late afternoon rather than during the morning, because her energy level and ability to concentrate are better at that time. Her experience most likely reflects the influence of the
What is the circadian rhythm.
This color theory states that we see combinations of red, green, and blues which allow us to see the spectrum of colors.
What is trichromatic color theory.
layer of cells at back of the eye on which light ways are starting to be processed.
What is the retina.
The system of your body which is responsible for balance and coordination.
what is the vestibular system.
Sleep researchers who are interested in brain wave activity are likely to use which kind of brain scan?
What is an EEG.
Nightmares are to ________ as night terrors are to ________.
What is a Rem Sleep to NREM-3.
The type of color theory states that colors are linked together when activated in our cones. Ex. flag demo in class.
What is opponent processing theory.
short, thick nerve, carries signals from eye to brain
What is the optic nerve
Type of hearing loss caused from suffering an injury to your inner ear.
what is conductive hearing loss.
While you are hiking in the mountains, a rattlesnake slithers across your trail. Which of the following part of your nervous system triggers the “fight-or-flight” response, increasing your heart rate and blood pressure, as you run away?
What is sympathetic nervous system.
What happens to the normal sleep cycle as we progress through the night?
What is a NREM 3 decreases and REM increases.
This part of the perception is responsible for seeing lines, angles, and facial recognition.
What are feature detectors.
_______ scans are able to show internal structures of the brain, ______ scans can also show external structures.
What are MRI and fMRI.