Ann-Xiety
The physiological response that prepares us when we feel threatened.
What is anxiety?
The neurotransmitter associated with pleasure and often targeted as central in treatment for MDD.
What is serotonin?
The name for the electrical charge that fires between neurons.
What is a synapse?
What is plasticity?
One of the oldest parts of the brain responsible for triggering anxiety.
What is the amygdala?
The neurotransmitter associated with pleasure and the rewards center of our brains.
What is Dopamine?
Chemicals that pass nerve impulses across synapses.
What is a neurotransmitter?
True or False: Brain size is not correlated with 'intelligence'.
True
Name 4 physiological anxiety responses.
Heart racing
Muscles tense
Sweating
Shaking
Headaches
Tunnel Vision
Cold hands/feet
The intended function of this emotion is to moderate and control for our behaviors that we may later regret.
What is guilt?
Name 2 lobes of the brain.
Temporal
Frontal
Parietal
Occipital
What is the prefrontal cortex?
The ____________ Nervous System that activates when in our 'resting' state.
Parasympathetic
The neurotransmitter associated with the stress response.
Norepinephrine/Adrenaline
The name for the combined brain structures that are vital in the stress/anxiety response.
What is the HPA Axis?
The name of the process in which our brain removes connections and neural pathways that are not used.
What is synaptic pruning?
The ___________ Nervous System activates when anxiety is triggered.
Sympathetic
The hormone/neurotransmitter associated with bonding.
What is oxytocin?
What is the Hippocampus?
The age in which typical vision development begins to show adult levels of functioning.
What is 5 years old?