Module 9
What does dopamine do?
Influences movement, learning, attention, and emotion.
What is the Sympathetic Response?
Fight or flight.
What lobe is responsible for vision?
a. Pariental b. Occipital c. Frontal d. Temporal
b. Occipital
What is plasticity?
The ability to be molded.
Does epigenetics occur with or without a DNA change?
Epigenetics influences on gene expression that occurs without a DNA exchange.
What are the 3 parts of the structure of a neuron?
Cell body, dendrites, and axon.
The central nervous system is formed by what two things?
The brain and spinal cord.
What part of the brain is responsible for memory?
a. Thalamus
b. Amygdala
c. Hippocampus
c. Hippocampus
What is neurogenesis?
The growth and development of nervous tissue and the development of the brain.
What percentage of what we do is unconscious?
80-90%
What is the difference between agonist vs antagonist?
The main difference is they have opposite actions. Agonist increases the action of a neurotransmitter and the antagonist blocks a neurotransmitter's effect.
What are hormones and where do they travel through?
Hormones are chemical messengers that travel through the bloodstream.
What is the difference between the right and left hemisphere?
The left is responsible for language and speech and the right is responsible in interpreting visual information and processing.
what are the two hard facts that most brain damage affects can be traced to?
Severed brain and spinal cord neurons.
What is cognitive neuroscience?
Interdisciplinary study of the brain activity linked with cognition.