Use Your Cortex!
Which lobe of the brain is responsible for decision-making and planning?
Frontal Lobe
What is the electrical signal that travels down the neuron called?
Action potential
This is the network of nerves that connects the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord) to the rest of the body.
Peripheral nervous system
Which sleep stage is light sleep where you may experience falling sensations or hallucinations?
NREM-1
What debate focuses on heredity versus environment?
Nature vs. nurture
This neurotransmitter is most linked to movement and pleasure.
Dopamine
Which part of the brain helps form new memories?
Hippocampus
Repolarization
Which system activates the "fight or flight" response?
Sympathetic Nervous System
Which stage includes vivid dreams and rapid eye movement?
REM sleep
What term describes the influence of genes on behavior?
Heredity
What hormone helps the body handle stress?
Cortisol
Which brain structure helps you stay balanced and coordinate movement?
Cerebellum
When a neuron reaches its __________________, it fires.
Threshold
Which system calms the body after stress?
Parasympathetic Nervous System
In which stage do brief bursts of rapid brain activity, called sleep spindles, occur?
NREM-2
What type of research focuses on the similarity of identical genes to shared genes?
Twin studies
What hormone helps regulate sleep cycles?
Melatonin
What structure connects the two hemispheres of the brain?
Corpus callosum
What is the insulating layer that projects and helps speed up neural transmission?
Myelin sheath
Which structure controls hunger, thirst, and body temperature?
Hypothalamus
Which sleep stage features slow delta waves and is the deepest form of sleep?
NREM-3
What research method attempts to separate the effects of genetics and environment to see their effect on human traits?
Adoption studies
What natural chemicals reduce pain and boost mood?
Endorphins
This describes the brain to adapt and change after experiencing trauma
Plasticity
What process allows neurotransmitters to return to the sending neuron after release?
Reuptake
Which gland is known as the "master gland" because it releases hormones to control other glands?
Pituitary gland
During which sleep stage does the body experience muscle paralysis while the brain is highly active?
REM sleep
Controversial studies of how to arrange reproduction within human population to increase the occurrence of "desirable" characteristics.
Eugenics
Which two hormones control hunger and fullness?
Ghrelin/leptin