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100
What is the scientific study of the links between biological and psychological processes?
Biological Psychology
100
What are the three types of Neurons found in the Nervous system?
sensory Neurons, Motor Neurons, Interneurons
100
Which scanning technique uses magnetic fields and radio waves?
An MRI or Magnetic Resonance Imaging
100
Which lobe impacts a person's speaking ability, muscle movements, and judgments?
Frontal Lobes
100
What is referred to as the band of neural fibers connecting the two hemisphere of the brain?
The corpus callosum
200
What are the building blocks of our body´s neural information system?
Neurons https://www.atarlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/mirror_neurons.jpg
200
What does the sympathetic division of the Autonomic Nervous System control?
The body's arousal as well as the usage of energy
200
What is the brain's oldest and most innermost region referred to as?
The Brainstem
200
What controls voluntary movements?
The motor cortex
200
This side of brain impacts logic, analytical thinking, mathematics...
The left hemisphere
300
What are referred to as the chemical messengers that travel across the synapse and bind to receptor sites on the receiving neuron?
Neurotransmitters
300
The following are released by the Adrenal glands to increase energy:
Epinephrine and Norepinephrine https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&ved=0ahUKEwjh4sKHpYfLAhXEdj4KHanHD0AQjRwIBw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.slideshare.net%2Fjayswan%2Fchapter-45-textbook-presentation&bvm=bv.114733917,d.cWw&psig=AFQjCNE4VVO55GaMMlPBxmUFpOLTtkF_yg&ust=1456090258629952
300
What would be a result of damage to the Cerebellum?
Difficulty walking, unorthodox movements, shaky hands
300
Which specie has the largest "association areas"?
Humans
300
What does the idea of dual processing refer to?
Information is being simultaneously processed on separate conscious and unconscious tracks
400
What is the impact of Acetylcholine (ACh) on the body?
Learning and Memory
400
Which area of the brain directly influences the Pituitary Gland?
The Hypothalamus
400
If this part of the brain was severed, one would certainly have trouble waking up...
The reticular formation
400
Which term refers to the brain's ability to change?
Plasticity
400
What is consciousness's major impact on humans?
Its way of forcing humans to think about long term consequences rather than short term pleasures
500
What causes multiple sclerosis?
Degeneration of the Myelin Sheath
500
Name 3 components of the Endocrine System, other than the Pituitary Gland and the Adrenal Glands.
Thyroid Gland, Parathyroids, Testes
500
What is the brain's sensory control center?
The thalamus https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&ved=0ahUKEwj87-icpYfLAhXCND4KHZryCz8QjRwIBw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbrainmadesimple.com%2Fthalamus.html&psig=AFQjCNGcG4Qkv6AS8FxFG06M-qCAKqYi7w&ust=1456090303736460
500
If damaged, one's speaking ability would be severely hindered...
Broca's Area
500
Which processes information faster, the conscious or the unconscious?
The unconscious
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