The Brain
Two Lima bean sized neural clusters in the limbic system; linked to emotion.
What is the Amygdala?
A hormone that plays a crucial role in social bonding.
What is a Oxytocin?
A sleep disorder characterized by uncontrollable "sleep attacks" and drowsiness.
What is Narcolepsy?
A neurological disorder that makes it difficult to recognize people by their faces
What is Prosopagnosia?
When a study's sample is not representative of the population it is intended to study, because some members of the population have a lower or higher chance of being selected than others.
What is sampling bias?
A part of the brain responsible for coordinating balance.
What is the Cerebellum?
A part of the peripheral nervous system (PNS) that controls voluntary movements and transmits sensory information from the body to the central nervous system (CNS).
What is the Somatic Nervous System?
The increase in the frequency, depth, and intensity of REM sleep that occurs after a period of sleep deprivation.
What is REM Rebound?
The minimum stimulus energy needed to detect a particular stimulus 50 percent of the time.
What is absolute threshold?
A research design where both the participants and the researchers are unaware of who is receiving the treatment.
What is a double blind study?
part of the brain involved with comprehension and located in the temporal lobes.
What is the Wernickes area?
A rapid, temporary change in the electrical potential of a neuron's membrane that is used to transmit signals down an axon.
What is Action Potential?
The relatively slow brain waves of a relaxed, awake state.
What are Alpha Waves?
The light-sensitive layer at the back of the eye that contains photoreceptor cells (rods and cones).
What is the Retina?
A harmless, inactive substance or treatment used in research that has no therapeutic effect
What is a placebo?
A group of structures in the brain that are primarily responsible for emotions, memory, and basic drives.
What is the limbic system?
A hormone primarily produced in the stomach that signals hunger to the brain
What is Ghrelin?
A sleep disorder characterized by engaging in complex behaviors while asleep, typically without conscious awareness or memory of the events
What is Somnambulism (sleep walking)?
A less common form of hearing loss, caused by damage to the mechanical system that conducts sound waves to the cochlea.
What is Conduction Hearing Loss(Deafness)?
A clear and specific statement of the procedures used to define or measure a research variable
What is an Operational Definition?
A brain region located at the top and back of the head that processes sensory information like touch, temperature, pain, and pressure.
What is the Parietal Lobes
neural pathway consisting of a sensory neuron, an interneuron, and a motor neuron.
What is a Reflex Arc?
Dreaming is crucial for the brain to process and stabilize new information, making it a more permanent memory.
What is The Consolidation Theory?
Our movement sense; our system for sensing the position and movement of individual body parts.
What is Kinesthesis?
A method used in experiments to ensure that each participant has an equal chance of being placed into any group.
What is Random Assignment?