Neurons/Nervous System
The extension of the neuron that receives the message.
Dendrite
Depression is closely linked with this neurotransmitter.
Serotonin
This part of the brain is mainly responsible for aggression and fear.
Amygdala
Interrupted breathing during sleep, often times resulting in snoring and sometimes treated with a CPAP machine.
Sleep apnea
Information processing that analyzes raw stimuli through various systems.
Bottom up processing
What type of neurons carry outgoing information from the brain and spinal cord to the muscles and glands?
Motor neurons
Schizophrenia is most closely linked with excess receptor activity for this neurotransmitter.
Dopamine
Which part of the brain controls the pituitary gland?
Hypothalamus
We spend most of the night in this sleep stage.
Stage 2 (NREM 2)
These types of skin receptors have their own fiber that travels up the spine, to the brain in order to trigger a reaction sooner than any other receptor.
Pain receptors
A layer of fatty tissue encasing the fibers of many neurons: enables vastly greater transmission speed of neural impulses.
Myelin sheath
Acetylcholine is associated with what functions?
Motor activity & memory
Just like Phineas Gage, damage to your ______ lobe will not kill you, but will change your _______.
Frontal/Personality
Crossing the threshold between awake and asleep causes these types of brain waves?
Alpha waves
Walking into a person's home for the first time, you notice a peculiar smell, but when you mention it to the owner, they don't seem to notice. This is known as...
Sensory adaptation
Which two ions are exchanged during the action potential to create an electrical charge?
Sodium & potassium
Animal research has revealed a general reward system in the Hypothalamus that triggers the release of this neurotransmitter.
Dopamine
This structure in the brain creates long term memories.
Hippocampus
Chemicals that affect mental processes and behavior by their affect on the brain.
Psychoactive drugs
According to trichromatic theory, these three colors combine to create millions of combinations of color that we experience every day.
Red, green, blue
The "fight or flight" response is activated by the...
Sympathetic nervous system
This neurotransmitter is released when we are injured.
Endorphins
When Mary was younger she fell off the swing and had a metal plate placed in her head. What type of brain scan is Mary not allowed to get?
MRI
According to Freud, the actual, literal content of a dream.
Manifest content
Annette begins staring at the red, white, and blue colors on the flag hanging at the front of her classroom. When she shifts her gaze to the wall she perceives green, black, and yellow afterimages of this flag. This is due to which theory?
Opponent process theory