Neurotransmitters
Chemical messengers that transmit signals between neurons
Neurotransmitters
Term used to describe the process by which individuals gradually become more deeply involved in a cult over time
Indoctrination
The outer layer of the brain that lies on top of your cerebrum.
Cortex (or cerebral cortex)
The mental capacity of retaining and reviving facts, events or of recalling or recognizing previous experiences
Memory
The cult leader who orchestrated a mass suicide in 1978
Plays a role in the brain's reward system
Dopamine
An approach to psychology that believes we are products of our environment via conditioning
Behaviorism
The portion of the brain in the back of the head (between the cerebrum and brain stem)
Cerebellum
The state of being or process of becoming aware of something through the sense
Perception
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Jenny's number
Plays a role in mood, sleep and digestion
The process of getting info from your short to long-term memory
Egg-shaped structure in the middle of your brain related to movement
thalamus
The process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the senses.
cognition
As you learn these are formed
neural pathways
Plays a role in your fight or flight responde
Norepinephrine
Accessing old information when presented with it
Recognition
A pair of small almond-shaped regions deep in the brain, help regulate emotion and encode memories
Amygdala
3 ways in which memories are typically accessed
Recall, recognition, and relearning
It is expected that there more than 6.5 billion memes about this type of animal
Cats
Most abundant neurotransmitter involved in learning and memory
Glutamate
Enabling someone to discover or learn something for themselves.
Heuristic
A large bundle of nerve fibers that connect the two brain hemispheres
Corpus Callosum
Conditions in which new learning interferes with old learning
Retroactive interference
Can generate about 23 watts of power
Brain