Perception
Neural Signaling
Anatomy
MRI/Imaging
Misc.
100
What is the terminology that describes how People construct perceptions using information based on knowledge and expectations
What is top-down processing
100
This all or nothing trigger requires a -55mv charge to continue down the axon
What is action potential
100
This C-shaped subcortical structure connects the left and right hemisphere of the brain
What is the corpus callosum
100
A. points to _____ and B. points to _______
What is white matter; grey matter
100
This school of early thought believed that psychology should be limited to observable environmental stimuli and responses
What is behaviorism
200
What is one way to measure behaviors in a behavioral experiment
What is measuring reaction time OR behavioral reaction OR performance
200
This is the microscopic gap between a pre-synaptic and post-synaptic neuron where neurotransmitters are released to pass along a signal
What is the synaptic cleft (or synapse)
200
This is the proportional representation of body parts in the somatosensory cortex based on how much we use them.
What is homunculus?
200
What orientation shows the bottom part of the brain?
What is inferior orientation
200
Edward Tolman's study where rats successfully navigated to a piece of food regardless of their starting position proved they had this kind of spatial recognition
What is a cognitive map
300
The primary pathway in visual processing for the “where” portion is the ____
What is dorsal pathway
300
To trigger an all or nothing action potential, an incoming signal needs to reach this voltage threshold
What is -55mv
300
This fluid filled biological wire transmits electrical signals away from the cell body to communicate with the next neuron
What is an axon
300
What does fMRI measure
What is BOLD signal
Extra 100 points for full name (blood oxygen level dependent)
300
Which Gestalt law describes things that are grouped together, move together?
what is law of common fate
400
What part of the brain is where objects are recognized
What is inferior temporal cortex (IT)
400
This type of visual information is processed by the V5/MT region.
What is visual motion?
400
Often called the sensory “relay station”, all of our senses except for smell travel through this subcortical structure before reaching the cortex
What is the thalamus
400
This brain-Imaging technique detects differences in brain tissue and identifies gray and white matter.
What is structural MRI?
400
He famously argued that children saying grammatically incorrect things they have never heard before proves behaviorism cannot fully explain language learning.
Who is Noam Chomsky
500
Perception is based on the combination of
What is (i) what we sense, (ii) past experiences, and (iii) expectations
500
Areas of the body with more of these take up more space in the somatosensory cortex.
What are the touch sensory receptors?
500
This brain region is also known as the motor cortex.
What is the pre-central gyrus?
500
This technique uses electrical pulses to disrupt brain signals.
What is transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)?
500
After the primary visual cortex (V1) this is the first stop in the third visual pathway for motion processing.
What is V5/MT?