The Neuron/Nervous System
The extension of the neuron that receives the message
What is a Dendrite?
This part of the brain is mainly responsible for personality, judgement, and behavior?
What is the frontal lobe?
The biochemical units of heredity that make up the chromosomes: segments of DNA capable of synthesizing a protein
What is a Gene?
Depression is closely linked with this neurotransmitter
What is Serotonin?
This part of the brain is responsible for 'higher order' mental abilities such as perception, learning, memory, language, thinking and problem solving.
What is the cerebral cortex?
A complex molecule containing the genetic information that makes up the chromosomes
What is DNA?
This structure in the brain creates long term memories
What is the Hippocampus?
Schizophrenia is most closely linked with excess receptor activity for the neurotransmitter _____.
What is Dopamine?
Which part of the brain controls heartbeat and breathing?
What is the Medulla?
What type of psychologist would be most likely to predict that environmental influences are more deterministic than genetic influences?
Who are Evolutionary Psychologists?
The concentration of glucose in active regions of the brain underlies the usefulness of ____
What are PET Scans?
Acetylcholine is associated with what function
What is Motor Activity & Memory?
The body's speedy, electrochemical information system.
What is the nervous system?
What is considered the "Master Gland"?
What is the Pituitary Gland?
These types of twins originate from a single egg cell by a single sperm cell.
What is Identical Twins?
Damage to this part of the Brainstem would result in death as you wouldn't be able to regulate heart rate or breathing
What is the Medulla?
Animal research has revealed a general reward system in the Hypothalamus that triggers the release of the neurotransmitter ______.
What is Dopamine?
What explains the withdrawal reflex where your spinal cord protects you from hurting yourself.
What is interneurons?
A picture of a cat is flashed in the left visual field and a picture of a mouse is flashed in the right visual field of a split brain patient. The individual will be able to use her right hand to indicate she saw a ______
What is a Mouse?
Changes in a chromosome that affect gene activity and expression are referred to as
What is Epigenetics?
When Mary was younger she fell off the swing and had a metal plate placed in her head. What type of brain scan is Mary not allowed to get?
What is an MRI?
This neurotransmitter is released when we are injured.
What is Endorphins?