Unit 2 A
The left hemisphere controls the...
right side of the body
The___________ lobe is to hearing as the occipital lobe is to seeing.
temporal
Alcohol is a...
Depressant
What are the visual receptors of the eye?
rods and cones
What opening changes in size to allow more or less light into the eye?
pupil
Injury to what structure could cause difficulty walking and maintaining balance?
Cerebellum
Opiates such as morphine and heroin have a capacity to…
alleviate pain
The chemical messengers of the endocrine system are called...
hormones
You fail to hear your mother tell you to take out the trash while watching TV, demonstrating...
selective attention
The gustatory system is your sense of...
taste
What technique is used to identify the most active areas of the brain during a particular task?
fMRI
Terminal buttons are located
at the end of axons
A brief electrical charge that travels down the axon of a neuron is called the...
action potential
Depth perception can be determined with one eye using...
monocular cues
Detecting motion, color, size, and shape all at once is due to...
parallel processing
The minimum level of stimulation required to trigger a neural impulse is called the...
threshold
A neuroscientist should electrically stimulate a rat's ________ to invoke aggressive behavior.
Amygdala
You no longer notice the smell of your house or the noises made by your classmates because of..
sensory adaptation
Seeing a seal and trainer in this sketch after being told it's for a marine show demonstrates..
perceptual sets
Optic disk is to blind spot as fovea is to...
focal point
Opposing the "fight-or-flight" response, this system seeks to store energy or "rest and digest"
parasympathetic nervous sytstem
What brain structure receives information from all senses except smell?
thalamus
What theory states that the spinal cord has the ability to block pain signals to the brain?
Gate-Control
_________ the registration of sensory input without conscious awareness.
subliminal perception
The process by which the eye’s lens changes shape to focus on near/far objects on the retina is
accomodation