Nervous System Development
Poor nutrition, high stress and poor prenatal/infant care all correlate with this factor.
Socioeconomic Statues (SES)
Sensory receptor neurons convert environmental energy into this.
Neural activity
This is created by undulating displacement of air molecules cause by pressure changes.
Sound
This part of the brain is involved with PLANNING and INITIATING movements.
Frontal lobe
Between humans, cats, and dogs, which animal has the largest surface area of the olfactory epithelium?
Dogs
The day-night cycle that influences sleeping and waking is called this.
Circadian rhythm
Eyeblink conditioning is an example of this kind of conditioning.
Classical conditioning
The frontal lobe is fully developed by this age (+/- 2 years).
26
If I can hear color, or tastes texture, I may be diagnosed with this.
Synesthesia
Amplitude is another word for this description of sound.
Loudness
Injury to the L1-L2 vertebrae may result in this form of paralysis.
Paraplegia
If you received a piece of candy each time you showed up to class on time, your professor would be using ____________.
Reinforcement
White light is used to treat this mood disorder, made possible by the tilting of the earth's axis.
Seasonal Affective Disorder
Fear conditioning is controlled by this part of the brain.
Amygdala
The central nervous system originates from the neural ______.
Tube
The orientation of images received by the retina are ______ and _______.
Upside down; backwards
This device is surgically implanted and acts as a hearing substitute.
Cochlear implant
This body part has a role in conveying sensory and motor information between the brain and the body, reflexive behaviors, and walking.
Spinal cord
The pituitary glad synthesizes various hormones, while this part of the brain is involved with releasing them.
Hypothalamus
The pineal gland releases this sleepy substance that is also available as an OTC supplement.
Melatonin
Using reward instead of punishment is used in this type of conditioning.
Operant
Musician's brain age tends to be ________ than non-musicians. This may be why they never seem to grow up and get a real job.
Younger
Before entering the pupil, light is bent by this part of the eye.
Cornea
The amount of sound wave displacement along the basilar membrane varies according to this characteristic of a sound wave.
Frequency
This part of the brain is activated when someone plans movement, imagines making a movement, and executes a movement.
Motor cortex
Depression is a common psychiatric diagnosis. However, this disorder, known very well by college students, is even more prevalent.
Anxiety disorder
During sleep, this happens to body temperature.
Decreases
By reviewing information we have already learned in this game, your professor is trying to achieve this phenomenon to prepare you for your exam.
Reconsolidation
Childhood intelligence is related to plasticity in this lobe of the brain.
Frontal lobe
A minimum of ____ types of cones are required to see some sort of color.
Two
This term refers to the uniqueness of a sound.
Timbre
This part of the brain is involved with timing movements and maintaining movement accuracy.
The cerebellum
The mesolimbic dopamine pathway is strongly connected to gambling disorders and substance abuse due to its relationship to this phenomenon. Also, a monetary term found on missing dog posters.
Reward
Individuals often experience this Freudian-loved phenomenon during the REM stage of sleep.
Dreaming
Prolonged exposure to stress releases glucocorticoids which kills cells in this part of the brain.
Hippocampus