Nervous System
Provide physical and chemical support to neurons and maintain their environment
Glial cells
Controls arousal
Reticular activating system
Processes reward and pleasure
Reward center
Processes visual information
Occipital lobes
Linguistic processing is controlled in the _____ brain
Left
Reduces neural activity and slows bodily functions
Depressants
Name the three components of the reflex arc
Sensory neurons; Interneurons; Motor neurons
Controls heartbeat and breathing
Medulla
Monitors hormones in the blood stream
Pituitary gland
Controls auditory and linguistic processing
Temporal lobes
Involved in language comprehension
Wernicke's Area
Excites neural activity and speeds up body functions
Stimulants
Controls the body’s voluntary movement
Somatic nervous system
Regulates breathing and sleep
Pons
Controls emotion
Amygdala
Processes and organizes information
Parietal lobes
Associated with language processing
Broca's Area
_____ distorts perceptions while _____ temporarily lessens pain and anxiety
Hallucinogens; Opioids
Controls the glands and involuntary muscles
Autonomic nervous system
Controls coordination of muscle movement, balance, and some forms of procedural learning
Cerebellum
Consolidates memory
Hippocampus
Controls linguistic processing, higher-order thinking, and executive functioning
Frontal lobes
Ability of the brain to change and rewire itself
Plasticity
Records electrical activity in the brain to reveal functioning
EEG
The _____ arouses the body while the _____ calms the body
Sympathetic nervous system; Parasympathetic nervous system
Directs messages to areas of the cortex
Thalamus
Directs maintenance activities such as eating, drinking, and body temperature
Hypothalamus
Neural fibers connecting the left and right cerebral hemispheres
Corpus callosum
Problem solving and the synthesis of knowledge are examples of_____ while planning and remembering instructions are examples of _____
Higher-order thinking; Executive functioning
Produces computer-generated images to reveal blood flow to determine what parts of the brain are more active
fMRI