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The Neuron
Parts of the Brain
Genetics
Consciousness &
Brain Scans
Neurotransmitters
100
The extension of the neuron that receives the message
What is a dendrite
100
This part of the brain is mainly responsible for aggression and fear
What is the amygdala
100
The biochemical unit of heredity that make up the chromosomes: segments of DNA capable of synthesizing a protein
What is a gene
100
The principle that information is often simultaneously processed on separate conscious and unconscious tracks.
What is dual processing
100
Depression is closely linked with this neurotransmitter
What is serotonin
200

What type of neuron carry outgoing information from the brain and spinal cord to the muscles and glands

What are motor neurons

200
This part of the brain includes the hypothalamus, pituitary gland, amygdala, and hippocampus
What is the limbic system
200
A complex molecule containing the genetic information that makes up the chromosomes
What is DNA
200
The interdisciplinary study of the brain activity linked with cognition (including perception, thinking, memory, and language)
What is cognitive neuroscience
200

A major inhibitory neurotransmitter

What is GABA (gamma-aminobutyric acid)

300

A layer of fatty tissue encasing the fibers of many nuerons: enables vastly greater transmission speed of neural impulses.

What is myelin sheath

300
Which part of the brain controls the pituitary gland?
What is the hypothalamus
300
What type of psychologist would be most likely to predict that environmental influences are more deterministic than genetic influences?
Who are evolutionary psychologists
300
The concentration of glucose in active regions of the brain underlies the usefulness of ____
What are PET scans
300

When a patient has Parkinson's, they are low on _____?

What is dopamine

400

With regard to the process of neural transmission, the electrical signal received by a dendrite is then sent down the ____ to the ____. 

What is the axon / axon terminals (or terminal buttons)

400
Just like Phineas Gage, damage to your ______ lobe will not kill you, but will change your _______
What is frontal/personality
400
The complete set of genetic material in an organism's chromosomes
What is a genome
400
an amplified recording of the waves of electrical activity that sweep across the brain's surface
What is an EEG
400

A lack of this neurotransmitter can lead to Alzheimer's disease.

What is ACh (Acetylcholine)

500
The peripheral nervous system is to sensory neurons as the central nervous system is to _______
What is interneurons
500
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. The individual will be able to use her right hand to indicate she saw a ______
What is a mouse
500
What type of psychologist would be most interested in studying hereditary influences on personality traits.
Who are behavior geneticist
500
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
500
Migraine headaches are most closely linked with an oversupply of ______.
What is glutamate