Biology & Psychology
technology allowed psychology to better understand the biology of humans and their behavior
What are brain studies
The brain and spinal cord
What is the central nervous system ?
the cellular units that create the nervous tissues and system
What are neurons?
The connecting point between the spinal chord and the brain
What is the medulla?
This lobe / cortex is involved with planning movement, judgement, and temperament
What is the frontal lobe / cortex? / motor cortex
the pseudo-science (non-empirical) study of the head/ skull shape and how it relates to behavior. Now disproven.
what was phrenology
What is the PNS? (peripheral nervous system)
the junction or gap between neurons where neurotransmitters interact with receptors
What is the synapse?
Area of the brainstem involved in controlling sleep
What is the PONS?
This lobe is located at the back of the brain and processes visual information
What is the occipital lobe?
the DNA codes for proteins that be expressed or repressed with different epigenetic changes?
What are genes?
The ability to rest and digest is controlled by this nervous system
What is the Parasympathetic Nervous system response
The name of an electrical charge being propagated down the axon of a neuron
What is an action potential?
The relay center between the midbrain and the rest of the brain
What is the thalamus?
This lobe processes auditory information and is located behind your temples
What is the temporal lobe?
The debate biological psychologists are trying to answer about whether a person's behavior is a result of their DNA or a result of their upbringing
What is nature vs nurture?
The pathway that is involved with breathing, heartbeats, and blood pressure
What is the autonomic nervous system?
The name of the chemical messengers that increase or decrease an electrical impulse between nerves
What is a neurotransmitter?
The memory core of the reptilians brain (midbrain)
What is the hippocampus?
This lobe processes temperature, pressure, and texture on the top of the brain
What is the parietal lobe? / sensory cortex
A modern brain scan that allows neuroscientists to see the brain's functional activity as a heatmap?
what is an fMRI
The pathway that controls the fight / fight / or freeze response
What is the sympathetic nervous system?
Gray matter such as the cerebral cortex has more of this than the white matter such as the cerebrum . This is the target cite for multiple sclerosis.
What is Myelination?
Controls fine motor balance and dexterity tasks. Enlarged in multisport atheletes
What is the cerebellum (little brain)?
He damaged his frontal lobe in a tragic mining accident. His ability to talk and walk were unchanged, but his personality was altered. He was no longer able to keep a job due to his change in demeanor and inability to create or follow plans
Who was Phineas Gage?