Brain Structures
What does the hypothalamus part of the brain do?
Regulates the pituitary gland->pituitary glad regulates the endocine system->which regulate the hormones. "Quarterback of Hormones"
What is hereditary?
The genetic transfer of characteristics from parents to offspring.
What does dopamine do?
Influences movement, learning, attention & emotion. Is released in anticipation of a reward.
(Oversupply=schizophrenia)
(Undersupply=Parkinsons)
What is the Right Hemisphere associated with?
Creativity and imagination, attention, processing nof patterns & shapes, and emotions
What percentage of what we do is unconscious?
Some 80% - 90%
What does the amygdala do?
Influences our emotions, attributes emotion to memories, control center for our emotions, and is responsible for our fear response(fight or flight)
Define epigenetics
The study of enviornments influences on game expression that occur without DNA change.
What does Serotonin do?
Affects mood, hunger, sleep, & arousal. It relates to our self esteem. (Undersupply=depression)
What is the left hemisphere associated with?
Logic, language, & systematic thinking, speech, abstract thinking
What is cognitive neuroscience?
The interdisciplinary study of the brain activity linked with cognition.(Including perception, thinking, memory, and language)
What structures are in the Hindbrain?
Medulla Oblingata, Pons, Reticular Formation, & Cerebellum
What is neurogenesis?
The formation of new neurons
What is agonists vs. antagonist?
Agonists-a molecule that increases a neurotransmitter's action. (Ex. Drugs)
Antagonist- a molecule that inhibits or blocks a neurotransmitter's actions.
What is the Corpus Callosum?
It connets the right & left hemisphere. "The great mediator"
In 1964 what did Sperry say about people who had split brain surgery?
Split-brain surgery leaves people with two seperate minds