Neuroscience
A neurotransmitter that is correlated with intense pleasure and motivation
What is dopamine?
Someone suffering from addiction may experience this when they have a prolonged period of time without the effects of the substance
What is withdrawal?
The area of the frontal lobe that is responsible for forming speech using language from Wernicke's area
What is Broca's Area?
The colored muscle of the eye that is in charge of controlling the size of the pupil
What is the iris?
The most famously renown psychologist that studied psychoanalysis
Who is Sigmund Freud?
This nervous system works to arouse the body by raising heart rates, blood pressures, and blood sugar levels.
What is the sympathetic nervous system?
The stage of sleep where spindles can be seen on the EEG results
What is stage 2?
The part of the brain responsible for controlling hunger, arousal, thirst, as well as certain emotional systems
What is the limbic system or mid-brain?
The minimum amount of stimulation that is required in order to trigger the subsequent sensation or feeling
Who is B.F. Skinner?
The charge that is created as a result of the depolarization of a neuron when a stimulus is received
What is action potential?
The disorder that affects .05% of the population, resulting in the overwhelming urge to fall asleep at random times during the day, regardless of the activity a person may be engaged in
What is narcolepsy?
A type of MRI that utilizes water molecules in order to depict images of pathways and connections in the brain. Often used in order to determine degenerative diseases and traumatic brain injuries
What is diffusion tensor imaging (DTI)?
A type of visual receptor that aids in the processing of color, more sharply than rods. Requires bright light to function
What are cones?
A Russian neurologist that is known as the founder of classical conditioning through his studies on dogs, finding how a conditioned stimulus leads to a conditioned response
Who is Ivan Pavlov?
This part of a neuron helps to cover the axon and increase the speed of the neural impulse
What is the myelin sheath?
The name for the 24-hour cycle that revolves around consciousness and sleep. Sometimes referred to as the biological clock
What are circadian rhythms?
The two sides of the brain are connected by this, a bundle of nerves that allows for the delivery of information between the left and right side of the brain
What is the corpus callosum?
What is synesthesia?
Famously remembered for studying children's development, as well as developing his own stages of development that defined characteristics of children in different age ranges
Who is Jean Piaget?
A form of antidepressant that blocks the re-uptake of neurotransmitters, increasing the activity and availability of serotonin in the synapse. Prozac and Zoloft, to name a few
What are SSRI antidepressants (Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors)?
A type of drug that leads to the depression in activity of the CNS. Though it reduces anxiety, judgement and memory and also left damaged. Nembutal is an example of this
What are barbiturates?
A part of the temporal cortex that aids in forming auditory code from visual representations
What is an angular gyrus?
The two major forms of deafness. One is caused by physical damage to a part of the ear. One is caused by constant exposure to dangerously loud noises
What is conduction and sensorineural deafness?
American psychologist known for his work on human needs and health. Creator of the hierarchy of needs
Who is Abraham Maslow?