History
Research Methods
NeuroImage
Brain Alterations
HodgePodge
Final Jeopardy
250
Around 400 BCE this person identified epilepsy as a brain disorder and now a medical oath named after him.
Who is Hippocrates? He was an ancient Greek physician.
250
An example of this type of study is when researchers ride the subway and record the number of people smiling vs frowning as they go about their normal commute.
What is a naturalistic observational study?
250
Uses X-ray (radiation) technology to provide structural information about the brain and ventricles.
What is Computerized Tomography (CT or CAT scan)?
250
Difference between lesion and ablation.
What is a lesion (big or small) is general damage to the tissue, where an ablation is the planned surgical removal of tissue?
250
Synonymous with Behavioral Neuroscience
What is Biological Psychology? Also accept BioPsychology or Psychobiology.
500
The ancient process of drilling holes in the skull to ‘release evil spirits’.
What is Trephining or Trepanation?
500
A variable the researcher modifies in an experimental/casual study to see the effect on a different variable.
What is the Independent variable? Also accepted manipulated variable.
500
A form of brain imaging that can measure structural connectivity by detecting differences in how water flows passively at rest.
What is Diffusion Tensor Imaging (or DTI)?
500
Uses magnets to temporarily change brain activity immediately below the stimulation site
What is Repeated transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS)?
500
It's genetics or upbringing in this classic debate of 2 words with the same second syllable
What is Nature vs. Nurture?
750
This theory states that the mind and body are distinct and separable
What is Dualism?
750
Studies of twins in shared or independent environments can give estimates of the __________ of various traits from genetics.
What is heritability?
750
Radioactive glucose is used to record activity of utilized brain regions.
What is Positron Emission Tomography (PET scan)?
750
What is Deep Brain Stimulation (aka Neural Pacemaker)?
750
This co-dependence does not tell me anything about causality
What is correlation?
1000
______ developed a stain to see individual neurons under a microscope and _____ shared the Nobel Prize in 1906 he double stained the neurons.
Who are Camillio Golgi and Santiago Ramon y Cajal?
Golgi Stain of an infant motor neuron.
1000
Advances in histology have enabled researchers to use _______ to follow pathways of neurons' communication.
What is myelin stain?
Cross section of the spinal cord with myelin stain.
1000
These three imaging techniques use the same machine.
What are MRI, fMRI, & DTI?
Using Magnetic Ressonance Imainging machine. “Large ferromagnetic objects that were reported as having been drawn into the equipment include a defibrillator, a wheelchair, a respirator, ankle weights, an IV pole, a tool box, sand bags containing metal filings, a vacuum cleaner, and mop buckets” (Chaljub et al., 2001)
1000
Newest form of controlling individual neurons by turning light on and off.
1000
Determine the difference between MRI and fMRI.
What is measuring structure (MRI) and activity/functionality (fMRI)?
2000
Who's brain is this and what type of imaging technology gave this picture?
Dr. Bagley!
MRI from 2009