1.4 The Brain
The part of the brain that controls automatic survival functions
What is the Brainstem (medulla)?
A periodic, natural loss of consciousness
What is sleep?
What is difference threshold?
Process where our sensory receptors & nervous system receive & represent energies from our environment.
What is sensation?
Olfaction is the word for this sense
Which is smell?
The number of lobes in the cerebrum cortex?
What is 4?
What is consciousness?
Diminished sensitivity as a consequence of constant stimulation
What is sensory adaptation?
a structure in the brainstem that helps coordinate movements and regulates sleep
What is the pons?
Hemisphere of the brain that is responsible for art and music?
What is the right hemisphere?
What is neuroplasticity?
The biological clock that operates in human beings to adjust their functioning to night-and-day periodicity is referred to as
What is circadian rhythm?
The change in the curvature of the lens that enables the eye to focus on objects at various distances is called
What is accommodation
two almond-shaped neural clusters in the limbic system; linked to the processing of emotions such as fear and anger
What is the amygdala?
Processing one aspect of a stimulus or problem at a time
What is sequential processing?
The lobe of the brain responsible for higher order thinking (planning/judgement)
What is your frontal lobe?
Stage of sleep that is associated with dreaming?
What is REM Sleep?
The sense of body movement and position, including the sense of balance.
What is Vestibular Sense?
Process of organizing and interpreting sensory information into meaningful objects & experiences
What is perception?
Sleep disorder where people stop breathing repeatedly while sleeping
What is Sleep Apnea?
Part of the brain that controls the pituitary gland
What is the hypothalamus?
What is insomnia?
What is transduction?
The sense or act of hearing.
What is audition?
The lobe in the brain that is responsible for vision?
What is the occipital lobe?