MORE BRAIN
brain's ability to adapt after damage
plasticity
Glands
Endocrine System
most used drug
caffeine
MRI
participants and researchers don't know who is receiving a treatment
double-blind
responsible for processing auditory information and encoding memory
Temporal lobe
Includes the cerebellum, amygdala, hippocampus and others
limbic system
blocks the reuptake of serotonin
cocaine
X-Ray
CT scan
outside factor that might influence the study
confounding variable
somatosensory cortex is in this part of the brain
parietal lobe
rest and digest
parasympathetic nervous system
LSD
PET scan
placebo
Responsible for language comprehension
Wernicke's Area
brain and spinal cord
Central Nervous System
mild hallucinogen, intensifies feelings and senses
THC/marijuana
glucose is injected into the bloodstream
PET scan
replication
fibers connecting the two brain hemispheres
corpus callosum
Voluntary control of our skeletal muscles; voluntary actions
Somatic Nervous System
depress central nervous system, reduce anxiety
barbituates
records waves of electrical activity
EEG
measures the relationship in a correlational study; between -1 and 1
correlation coefficient