Bio Key terms
Chemicals that are distributed through our blood
Hormones
Maguire
Taxi driver or not
The brain’s ability to alter its structure following changes within the body or in the external environment.
Neuroplasticity
Neurotransmitters
SAND
What was the chemical that Wedekind was looking at?
MHC
What is the name for any chemical that blocks the receptor
Antagonist
Draganski
Juggling or not
Neurotransmitter that is associated with reward and pleasure
Dopamine
Hormones
TACO ME
What is the gene that Caspi studied?
5-HTT
What happens to a neuron when it's no longer needed? (Hint: Bing Bong)
Neural pruning
Antonova
Scopolamine or not
Part of the limbic system, best known for consolidation of STM to LTM
Hippocampus
Ethical considerations
CARDUD
What is the name of the test taken by the taxi drivers in the Maguire study?
The Knowledge
This technique shows blood flow in the brain while it is active
fMRI
McGaugh and Cahill
Type of story (cut off feet or boring)
Part of the limbic system known for playing a key role in emotional memory and fight or flight
Amygdala
Populations that are typically used in research
WEIRD (or YAVIS)
Antonova based her research on whose previous research using rats?
Rogers and Kesner
All neurotransmitters are endogenous what?
Agonists
Curtis
Type of Image (disgusting or not)
Part of the brain that is responsible for logical and rational thinking. Still developing in teenagers
Frontal Lobe
Antidepressant drug that blocks the reuptake of a NT
SSRI
Wedekind (smelly T-shirt study) can be used to answer a question about what 2 topics?
Pheromones and evolutionary psych