Brain Function
Shows electrical activity
EEG
Damage to Brocas area leads to
impaired speaking
Nerve netwrk that plays a role in controlling arousal
Reticular Formation
Failing to see visible objects when our attention is directed elsewhere
Inattentional Blindness
Measures magnetic field generated by neuron activity
MEG
Damage to Wernickes area leads to
impaired understanding
Helps coordinate movemenet
Pons
illusion of movement created when two or more adjacent lights blink on and off in quick sucession
Phi Phenomenon
Creates a 3d picture to show structure
CAT or CT
Bundle of nerve fibers that joins the left and right hemispheres of the brain
Corpus Callosum
Recieve and integrate messages from other neurons
Dendrite
Interpreting our new experiences in terms of our existing schemas
Assimilation
Detailed picture of brain structure and shows slices of the brain
MRI
Controls automatic functions like heartbeat and breathing
Medulla
Passes messages through branches to other neurons
Axon
adapting our current scheems to incorporate new information
accommodation
Track oxygen and blood flow and is more detailed than PET
fMRI
Recieves information from all the senes and routes it to higher brain
Thalamus
Mylean Sheath
failing to notice changes in the environment; a form of inattentional blindness
Change Blindness