About the Neuron
Neurotransmitters are released from the:
terminal buttons
After an accident where a metal rod shot through his left cheek and out the top of his skull, Phineas Gage changed from a friendly soft-spoken man to an irritable, profane, & dishonest person. What part of Phineas’s brain was massively damaged?
frontal lobes
If a neurosurgeon stimulated your right motor cortex, you would most likely
Move your left leg
A ___________________ is a specialized cell that transmits information throughout the body.
neuron
During his first three years of life, Jason has developed many motor skills like crawling, walking, and running that require his muscles to move efficiently and smoothly. In terms of brain function, Jason’s motor development is the result of which process?
Development of the myelin sheath
After a motorcycle accident in which she wasn’t wearing a helmet, Vanessa has difficulty responding emotionally to unpleasant stimuli & reading others’ emotions. Vanessa most likely experienced damage to which brain structure?
amygdala
Dr. Williamson conducts research examining the effects of electrical stimulation in certain parts of the brain. Dr. Williamson has found that stimulation of this part of the brain in laboratory rats will result in changes to the rats’ mating, eating, and socialization behaviors. Based on this description, which part of the brain is Dr. Williamson most likely to be studying?
Hypothalamus
An amplified recording of the waves of electrical activity that sweep across the surface of the brain is called a(n):
EEG
Endorphins are released in the brain in response to:
pain or vigorous exercise
People's moral judgments are most likely to seem unrestrained by normal emotions if they have suffered damage to their
frontal lobes
In what brain region would damage be most likely to disrupt your ability to jump rope?
cerebellum
A lesion is
a portion of the brain that has been purposefully damaged.
Shalanda’s daughter touches her hand. Sensory receptors in Shalanda’s skin transmit information about this sensation to Shalanda’s spinal cord and brain. Which type of neuron is responsible for this process?
Afferent
After a car accident, Brandon lost some of his visual abilities. Based on this description of his injuries, which portion of Brandon’s cerebral cortex was probably damaged in the accident?
occipital lobe
Damage to which portion of the cerebral cortex would most likely interfere with a person’s hearing?
temporal lobe
A(n) _______________ can show a brain’s structure and functioning by revealing blood flow and brain activity by comparing successive MRI scans.
fMRI
In neurons, efferent is to ___________ as afferent is to __________.
motor;sensory
If your parietal lobe is damaged, you would have difficulty ____.
recognizing through touch the shape of a telephone in a dark room
After Peyton's serious car accident, doctors detected damage to his cerebellum. Peyton is most likely to have difficulty:
playing his guitar
A ________________________ allows us to view brain activity by showing where a radioactive form of glucose goes while the brain performs a given task.
PET Scan