The Brain
Sensation
Neurons
Perception
Potpourri
100
Part of the brain that regulates heart rating, breathing, sleep and eating
What is the brain stem?
100
This happens when sensory information is detected by a sensory receptor
What is Sensation?
100
Part of the neuron that receives incoming chemical messages.
What are dendrites?
100
Refers to the way that sensory information is interpreted and consciously experienced
What is perception?
100
Connects the two hemispheres of the brain
What is the corpus callosum?
200
Part of the brain responsible for balance and coordination
What is the cerebellum?
200
Sense triggered when you smell cookies in the oven
What is olfaction?
200
The name for the gap between neurons across which neurotransmitters travel
What is a synapse?
200
Perception involves more than simply combining sensory stimuli. This idea that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts reflects this branch of psychology.
What is Gestalt?
200
Part of the eye that holds/determines its color
What is the Iris?
300
Part of the Limbic system most responsible for feelings of fear and aggression.
What is the amygdala?
300
Sense triggered when you taste freshly grilled salmon
What is gustation?
300
The name for the electrical signal that goes down the Axon
What is the action potential?
300
Type of processing that involves the interpretation of sensations and is influenced by available knowledge, experiences, and thoughts
What is top-down processing?
300
Sounding out words when you are just starting to learn to read represents this type of processing.
What is bottom up processing?
400
Part of the Limbic System heavily involved in learning and memory.
What is the hippocampus?
400
Nerve that carries visual information from the retina to the brain
What is optic?
400
Name for the chemical messengers that are released from the terminal button.
What are neurotransmitters?
400
Gestalt Principle reflected in the given 
image
What is Figure Ground?
400
This happens to our pupils in low light conditions
What is dilation?
500
Term used to describe idea that each hemisphere of the brain has some amount of specialization of structure and function.
What is lateralization?
500
Sense that contributes to our ability to maintain balance and body posture
What is vestibular?
500
Fatty substance covering part of some Axons that speeds up neurotransmission
What are the myelin sheath?
500
Gestalt principle reflected in the given image
What is closure?
500
Type of neurons that carries information from a receptor cell in one direction.
What is a sensory neuron?