Mind over (grey)matter
It's all grey to me
chemistry and magic
sleepy time, fun time
Scrambled Greys
100
the area of the left hemisphere that controls speech muscles
What is the Brocas area?
100
this lobe o f the brain receives and processes messages from the skin
What is the parietal lobe
100
a chemical that is involved in motor messages that when imbalanced, can lead to either Parkinson's or schizophrenia
What is dopamine
100
an altered state of conciousness that a trained therapist can induce, is not sleep
What is hypnosis
100
theory that suggests only a certain ammount of information can be processed by the central nervous system at a time
What is Gate theory
200
this part of the brain is linked too emotion, specifically fear
What is the amygdala
200
you process all of the noise you hear in this lobe of the brain
What is the temporal lobe
200
stored in sacs in the axon terminal, chemical messages cross over to the next nerve cell through these
What are neurotransmitters
200
recurring sleep stage in which vivid dreams can occur
What is REM
200
the gap between the axon tip and the dendrite of two neurons
What is the symapse
300
the brain and spinal cord make this up
What is the central nervous system
300
this lobe processes everything that you see
What is the occipital lobe
300
a chemical that reduces pain in our body, and produces a "runner's high"
What are endorphins
300
occur during REM sleep most of the time
What are dreams
300
made of up light sensitive receptor rods and cones
What is the retina
400
connects and relays messages between the two hemispheres
What is the corpus callosum
400
this lobe is what controls your thoughts and actions.
What is the frontal lobe
400
chemicals such as Xanax and alcohol that slow the activity of the nervous system
What are depressants
400
characterized by the inability to fall sleep, to sleep, or to stay asleep
What is insomnia
400
the sleep disorder which causes a person to fall asleep unpredictably
What is narcolepsy
500
stretching from the back of your head all the way to the front, this regulates the attention and alertness of your mind
What is the recticular activating system
500
this hemisphere of the brain controls language and logic, but not spatial behavior and artistic efforts
What is the left hemisphere
500
too little of this chemical leads to alzheimers
What s oxyacetylene
500
a sleep disorder that is caused by an interruption in breathing
What is sleep apnea
500
the process by which our sensory receptors and nervous system takes in stimulus from the enviroment
What is sensation
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