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In an experiment, this is the group that is untampered and receives the placebo in order to provide a comparable set of "normal" behavior
Control Group
This nervous system runs through the spine and neck, relaying all messages to the brain.
Central Nervous System (CNS)
This is the official name for nerve cells.
Neurons
This sleeping disorder takes place generally from ages 3-12 and is associated with extreme fright or dread.
Night Terrors
The type of drug which block Neurotransmitters
Antagonistic
Encoding on the basic level based on the structure or appearance of words. Similarly associated with concepts such as Recognition
Shallow Processing
Studies which distribute questionaries to be filled out anonymously in order to collect data from a select population or populations.
Survey or Survey Studies
This nervous system covers the rest of your body beyond the spine to the extremities of your body and its tissues.
Peripheral nervous system (PNS)
These cells are thought to play a supportive role to neurons, both physically and metabolically.
Glial cells
This sleeping disorder consists of the lack of sleep and/or the ability to maintain sleep.
Insomnia
The type of drug which mimic Neurotransmitters
Agonistic
The measure of memory in which one experiences a large gap in time between when they first learned information making it easier to learn when exposed to it again
Relearning
In an experiment, this is the variable that is manipulated to impact the result of the study.
The Independent Variable
This nervous system maintains your heartbeat, breathing, and organ function.
Automatic Nervous System
Part of the nerve cell that carries the electrochemical signals through the neuron.
Axon
This sleeping disorder has uncontrolled bouts of falling asleep (short or long).
Narcolepsy
This term is defined as continued use of a substance despite significant risk or maladaptation
Substance Abuse
The second stage of memory, the process of retaining encoded information over time by organizing new information with other similar information.
Storage
Studies usually consisting of one or one group in the hope of discovering/establishing universal truths.
Case Study
This nervous system increases heart rate, breathing, and glucose levels also activating the fight or flight response.
Sympathetic Nervous System
Part of the nerve cell that contains the nucleus, ribosomes, mitochondria, etc.
Soma
This sleeping disorder has temporary cessation of breathing and waking up, even without knowing it.
Sleep Apnea
The state of mental or physical pain caused by halting the use of addictive drugs.
Withdrawal
The first stage of memory storage, you are processing information into the memory system.
Encoding
In an experiment, this is the variable that is NOT manipulated and is impacted by the changing variable in an experiment
The Dependent Variable
This nervous system, in two parts, control your voluntary movement and sensory neurons.
Somatic Nervous System
Very small space between two neurons and is an important site where communication between neurons occurs.
Synaptic Cleft or Synaptic Gap.
the ability to resist urges and thoughts that offer short-term benefits rather than long-term
Impulse Control
Drugs that distort perceptions and evoke sensory images in the absence of sensory input.
Hallucinogens
Unconscious encoding of incidental information, such as well-learned information like word meanings.
Automatic Processing
Studies in which neither the participants nor experimenters know which group received the treatment or placebo.
Double Blind Study
This nervous system decreases heart rate, breathing, and glucose levels returning the body back to homeostasis.
Parasympathetic Nervous System
These are the neurons that relay signals to the brain from sensory receptors.
Sensory Neurons
the conscious and unconscious processing of information simultaneously
Dual Processing
Drugs that reduce neural activity and slow body functions
Depressants
The process of getting information out of the memory system to use in a given moment.
Retrieval
Studies which are a type of observational research method in which data is gathered for the same subject repeatedly over a period of time.
Longitudinal Study
Asserts that our genes set the boundaries within which we can operate, and our environment interacts with the genes to determine where in that range we will fall
Range of Reaction
Allows the body access to energy reserves and heightened sensory capacity so that it might fight off a threat or run away to safety.
Fight or Flight Response
The notion that visual fields and motor functions run by the opposite hemisphere of the brain
Brain Lateralization
These two substances serve as an example of the effects of Hallucinogenic drugs
LSD & THC
Memory of facts and experiences that one can consciously know and declare (also known as declarative memory)
Explicit Memory
Studies which are observational and analyze data from a population, or representative subset, at a specific point in time.
Cross Sectional Study
Chemical messengers that are secreted into the bloodstream and travel throughout the body slowly, affecting any cells that contain receptors for them.
Hormones
These are the Neurons which receive commands from the CNS and control your voluntary motor movement
Motor Neurons
The inability to understand or formulate language
Aphasia
These two substances are the most commonly available forms of stimulants
Caffeine & Nicotine
(Emotional Memory) vivid memories of an often emotionally-significant moment or event
Flashbulb Moments
This is when one only remembers or acknowledges information that supports their own opinion, and dismisses examples or instances that contradict their opinion.
Confirmation Bias
This is the way one can affect decisions and judgments by how the question or information is posed.
Framing
This neurotransmitter is mostly closely associated with rewards. This is released when accomplish a task whether it be major or minor
Dopamine
The idea that some functions are more dominant in one side of the brain
Hemispheric Specialization
An example of a Depressant, this social drug reduces inhibitions, judgment, speech, and causes permanent damage such as liver damage and brain shrinkage.
Alcohol
Type of memory in which retention is independent of conscious recollection
Implicit Memory
This is when one narrows the available problem solutions to determine the single, best solution.
Convergent Thinking
This is the term used to describe clinging to one’s initial conceptions after the basis on which they were formed has been discredited / proven wrong.
Belief Perseverance
This neurotransmitter is mostly associated with feelings of happiness and is produced in the gut.
Serotonin
This is the name of the disorder in which the parts of the brain that recognize features has been damaged, we can no longer remember or recognize faces
Prosopagnosia
An example of a Depressant, these types of drugs are tranquilizers.
Barbiturates
The measure of memory in which the person need only identify items previously learned.
Recognition
When the neurons are waiting to communicate between fractions of a second the neuron membrane potential is held in a state of readiness
Resting Potential
This the sixth and final stage of sleep
REM or Rapid Eye Movement
An example of a stimulant, this drug provides a rush of euphoria, but depletes one’s own dopamine and norepinephrine by overuse, causing quick withdrawal symptoms
Cocaine
This is the primary neurotransmitter responsible for focus; one can ‘hack’ their focus by using the visual system to stare at something for 1-2 minutes straight
Acetylcholine
When an electrical Impulse passes through the axons of the communicating neuron
Action Potential
An example of a Stimulant, this drug increases dopamine, euphoria, alertness, and energy, followed by a crash of irritability, social isolation, depression, hypertension, and heightened aggression, can also reduce one’s overall dopamine functioning
Amphetamines