In Your Dreams
This sleep stage is when we dream
What is REM?
We'll never notice any sensation below this
What is absolute threshold?
They make our body parts move
What are motor neurons?
They handle our peripheral vision, but can't see color
What are rods?
It's when the brain reorganizes itself after part of it has been damaged
What is plasticity?
It's our 24-hour internal body clock
What is circadian rhythm?
It's the reason we can have a conversation in a crowded room
What is the cocktail effect?
It's where vision is processed
What is the occipital lobe?
It's where the optic nerve leaves the eye
What is the blind spot?
This "system" handles all of our hormones
What is the endocrine system?
Our deepest sleep happens in this stage
What is NREM-3?
These areas of the brain help us to see lines, shapes, and movement
What are feature detectors?
It relays all senses (except smell) to other parts of the brain
What is the thalamus?
This theory explains why we see afterimages
What is opponent-process theory?
This "system" handles all of our automatic body functions
What is the autonomic nervous system?
This could be a feeling of falling while we drift off to sleep
What are hypnogogic sensations?
This is our brain taking in shape, movement, color, and depth simultaneously
What is parallel processing?
This type of scan produces wavelengths of brain activity
What is an EEG?
This color will have a tall amplitude and short wavelength
What is bright blue?
This explains why we sometimes don't feel certain pain sensations
What is gate-control theory?
This tiny part of the pineal gland produces melatonin when it gets dark outside
What is the suprachiasmatic nucleus?
His law says two sensations have to be different by a certain ratio for us to notice the difference
Who is Ernst Weber?
A split brain patient would only be able to say this part of HE-ART
What is ART?
Daily Double! Answer right you get 1000pts. Answer wrong you lose 500pts.
It's when physical sensations are converted into neural signals
What is transduction?
It's your awareness of your body parts and their movement
What is kinesthetic sense?