Anatomy
Name the four major cortical regions.
Frontal, parietal, occipital, and temporal lobe
These are the chemical messengers of the nervous system.
Neurotransmitters
The V1 area in the occipital lobe is responsible for which sense?
Vision
This specific MRI measures the BOLD signal in the brain.
functional MRI
These mental representations help humans and animals navigate their environment by organizing spatial information in their minds
Cognitive maps
These two large structures make up the central nervous system.
Brain and spinal cord
Name the two basic cell types in the central nervous system
Neurons and glia
This processing means that people base their perception on previous knowledge and/or expectations.
Top down processing
True or False? TMS can stimulate deep brain structures
False
What term is used to describe the use of specific landmarks and turns to connect paths?
Route representation
What is the function of the hippocampus?
Memory
This is the space between a pre and postsynaptic neuron.
Synaptic cleft
Also known as the Law of Similarity, this Gestalt Law of Perceptual Organization states that every stimulus is interpreted as its most simplistic potential version.
The law of good figure
Name ONE method of measuring behavioral activity we learned in class
This is the experimental framework used to study differences in how people find their way, often involving tasks like navigating mazes or virtual environments.
Paradigms
Name the function of the corpus callosum.
Interhemispheric communication
Fill in the blanks: An _________ _________ is an electrical signal that travels down the _______ (Specific part of the cell)
Action potential; axon
Visual streams; ventral is to ______ as dorsal is to ______
what; where
Anything with this - and isn’t ferromagnetic - can go inside an MRI.
Water
What is the condition called where you cannot recognize faces from birth?
Developmental prosopagnosia
This deep brain structure is involved in emotion processing. It is inside the temporal lobe.
Amygdala
What is opened as an electrical impulse moves down the neuron?
Voltage gated ion channels
A brain region that activates in response to places is known as this.
Parahippocampal place area
These both matter and are distinguishable on only a structural MRI
White and grey matter
V5/MT; Processing visual motion