Dreaming
How do you define REM
When your body is paralyzed and you get vivid dreams
What study did Paul Broca focus on?
Speech
Define Jet lag
Feeling tired after a flight through different timezones
Whats an agonist?
A drug binding to one specific receptor and ACTIVATING it.
What does the Brainstem regulate
Automatic survival functions
Define NREM
The Sleep Cycles
What study did Wernicke focus on
Define Synesthesia
What's an antagonist?
A drug binding to a receptor and BLOCKING it
What does the medulla regulate
Breathing and heart rate
What do scientists look for in dreams to make a dream theory
Symbolism, learning, maintenance, signals
What study did Micheal Gazzaniga focus on?
Define Blind Sight
Damage to primary Visual cortex to respond to stimuli
What is the process of Depressants going through the body and reactions?
Depressants act on GABA to reduce activity in the control nervous system. That is bad guys guys thats bad
What do pons regulate
Sleep, arousal and movement
What can REM Rebound measure?
Rapid eye movement
What study did roger Sperry focus on?
Split-Brain experiments
Feeling limbs that aren't there- brain tricks you to think something is present where it's not on the body.
What do stimulants affect
the activity of neurotransmitters
What does the cerebellum regulate
higher-level thinking
BONUS QUESTION +1000 pts. What process records brain waves to research sleep and epilepsy?
EEG
What study did Phineas Gage focus on?
Subsequent changes in personality
What does Myasthenia Gravis do?
Affects the neurotransmitter junction
What do Hallucinogens
Alters perception and consciousness. Aka lowkey trips you out
What does the amygdala regulate
Fear and aggression