Biological
What types of systems is the Nervous System made up of?
The Central Nervous System (CNS)
The Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)
What is sensation?
The process where our sensory organs detect external stimuli or internal body signals throughout our body.
What is perception?
The process of interpreting sensory information.
What is Consciousness?
A state of mind.
What are the 5 senses that the body goes through when conscious?
Vision
Hearing
Touch
Taste and smells
Pain
What are the three types of neurons?
Sensory, Interneurons, Motor.
What is stimulus?
Anything that can bring a reaction from our sensory systems.
In perception, there is sensory adaption. What is Sensory adaption.
The tendency to pay less attention to a non-changing source of stimulation.
Do people have different circadian rhythms? Examples?
Yes they do.
Examples, morning people, night people.
What is the endocrine system?
A network of glands and organs in the body that produce and release hormones.
What is transduction?
The translation of turning sensory information into neural signals which are then sent to the brain.
If you raed tihs snetncee, what types of processes is used for your brain to understand what is being read?
Bottom-up processing and top-down processing.
What is REM sleep?
A sleep stage where your brain is highly active, and dreams occur.
In the peripheral system, there are two sections. Somatic and automatic. What do these system do?
Somatic: Helps you to feel and respond to things such as touch and pain.
Automatic: Controls automatic involuntary functions in your body such as your heart beating.
what are the 4 stages of the N-REM sleep?
Stage 1: sleeping for a short amount of time
Stage 2: Ignore familiar sounds, wake up to unexpected ones.
Stage 3: Similar to stage 4, less delta waveform.
Stage 4: wake up unexpectedly, very disoriented.
What is the parasympathetic system. In which section of the peripheral system is it found under?
The parasympathetic system helps your body relax and conserve energy. Slows down your heart beta and helps with digestion.
Can be found in the automatic system.
What is restless leg disorder?
A condition where you feel an uncontrollable urge to move your legs.