The Neuron
The part of the neuron that receives the message
What are dendrites?
This part of the brain is mainly responsible for aggression and fear
What is the amygdala?
Treating a patient for Parkinson’s disease includes administering a chemical that will lead to increases in the patient’s
What is dopamine?
According to Homunculus, this part of the body has the largest number of sensory neurons
What are the lips?
Clinical depression is closely linked with this neurotransmitter
What is serotonin?
What type of neuron carry outgoing information from the brain and spinal cord to the muscles and glands
What are motor neurons?
This part of the brain includes the thalamus, hypothalamus, pituitary gland, amygdala, and hippocampus
What is the limbic system?
Ben was enjoying a walk in the woods on a beautiful Saturday afternoon. As he went around a curve, he noticed a bear walking toward him. Immediately his pupils dilated, he began to perspire, and his heart accelerated. The specific nervous system is
What is the sympathetic nervous system?
This class of drugs causes a person to experience vivid, distorted images that are not based on sensory input
What are hallucinogens?
Schizophrenia is most closely linked with excess receptor activity for the neurotransmitter _____.
What is dopamine?
A layer of fatty tissue encasing the fibers of many neurons; it enables greater transmission speed of neural impulses
What is myelin sheath?
This part of the brain connects to and controls the pituitary gland
What is the hypothalamus?
This type of psychologist would be most likely to predict that environmental influences are more deterministic than genetic influences
Who are evolutionary psychologists?
The concentration of glucose in active regions of the brain underlies the usefulness of ____
What are PET scans?
When a patient has Parkinson's, she/he is low on _____?
What is dopamine?
With regard to the process of neural transmission, a refractory period refers to a time interval in which dendrites transmit more electrical signals to _____
What is an axon?
Just like Phineas Gage, damage to your ______ lobe will not kill you, but will change your _______
What is frontal lobe/personality?
The activities of mathematics, logic, and analyzing are based in this hemisphere of the brain
What is the left hemisphere?
This tool of discovery is an amplified recording of the waves of electrical activity that sweep across the brain's surface
What is an EEG?
Animal research has revealed a general reward system that triggers the release of the neurotransmitter ______.
What is dopamine?
This hormone seems to be most closely linked with aggressive behavior
What is testosterone?
A picture of a cat is flashed in the left visual field and a picture of a mouse is flashed in the right visual field of a split brain patient. This is the word that the patient would be able to say
What is mouse?
When Jaxson was pouring his morning coffee, he missed his cup and poured coffee on his hand. He yanked his hand back quickly. This is the nervous system at work
What is the somatic nervous system?
When Mary was younger she fell of the swing and had a metal plate placed in her head. What type of brain scan is Mary not allowed to get?
What is an MRI?
Migraine headaches are most closely linked with an oversupply of ______; often included in MSG
What is glutamate?