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100
Nerve cells; the basic building blocks of the nervous system
What is a neuron?
100
Electrical cables formed of bundles of axons
What is a nerve?
100

connects the two hemispheres (or halves) of our brain

What is a corpus callosum?

100
The 4 subdivided lobes in each hemisphere
What are the frontal, parietal, occipital, and temporal lobes?
100
The study of the evolution of behavior and the mind
What is evolutionary psychology?
200
The scientific study of the links between biological and psychological processes
What is biological psychology?
200
The body’s “slow” chemical communication system
What is the endocrine system?
200

often called 'the little brain' because it shares many similarities with the cerebrum, the main portion of the brain

What is the cerebellum?

200
The body’s ultimate control and information-processing center
What is the cerebral cortex?
200
Created the principle of Natural Selection
Who is Charles Darwin?
300
The neuron extension that passes messages through its branches to other neurons or to muscles or glands
What is an axon?
300
Division of peripheral nervous system that controls the body’s skeletal muscles
What is the somatic nervous system?
300

Located in the spinal cord and filters incoming signals and relays information to other important parts of the brain

What is the reticular formation?

300
Hemisphere needed to perform perceptual tasks
What is the right hemisphere?
300

Genes located in the same position on the pair of chromosomes

What are alleles?

400

a brief electrical charge that travels down its axon.

What is action potential?

400
The two divisions of the autonomic nervous system
What are the sympathetic nervous system and the parasympathetic nervous system?
400
Part of the brain linked to fear and aggression
What is the amygdala?
400

Areas of the cerebral cortex that are not involved in primary functions - rather, they are involved in higher mental functions such as learning, remembering, thinking, and speaking

What are association areas?

400

The proportion of variation among individuals that we attribute to genes

What is heritability?

500
4 out of 6 Neurotransmitters
What are Acetylcholine, Dopamine, Serotonin, Norepinephrine, GABA, or Glutamate?
500
The three types of neurons
What are sensory neurons, motor neurons, and interneurons?
500

The five components of the limbic system

What are the amygdala, thalamus, hypothalamus, hippocampus, and basal ganglia?

500
Damage to the Wernicke’s area disrupts this
What is understanding language?
500

DBS is used to treat these problems

What are tremors, stiffness, difficulty walking, and slow movement?