hormones & NTs
what NT is involved primarily in muscle movement, memory, and attention?
acetylcholine
danger to what brain area may lead to...
frontal lobe
questrom & wheelock college
needy much? this psychologist famously created the hierarchy of human needs...
abraham maslow
What do you call the change from a liquid to a gas?
evaporation
Parkinson's disease is a progressive neurological disorder that affects movement, primarily due to the loss of brain cells that produce what?
Dopamine
how many lobes are there in the cerebral cortex?
four!
(frontal, temporal, parietal, occipital)
commonwealth & gransby
what swiss psychologist is famous for outlining the stages of cognitive development?
jean piaget
Which is the only metal to be in liquid form at room temperature?
Mercury
What peptide hormone and neuropeptide, often called the "love hormone" or "cuddle hormone," plays a crucial role in reproduction, social bonding, and childbirth?
oxytocin
in the MBS election packet, nearly every candidate said what structure was their favorite brain region?
hippocampus
marciano dining hall
bay state road & deerfield street
who is deemed the "father of american psychology" and is the author of "the principles of psychology"?
william james
A group of crows is called what?
a murder
Which hormone regulates sodium levels and water balance?
Vasopressin or ADH
what are the ridges or bumps of folded cerebral cortex called?
gyrus
the boston public library main branch & the hold south church?
boylston & dartmouth
What Austrian psychologist introduced the concept of defense mechanisms? I guess the apple doesn't fall too far from the tree?
Anna Freud
what's the longest river in the U.S.?
missouri river
what is the name of the enzyme that breaks down serotonin, dopamine, epinephrine, and norepinephrine in the brain?
Monoamine Oxidase
What structure takes it's name from the ancient greek words for "through" and "brain"?
diencephalon
cask & flagon, fenway park, and sal's pizza?
Landsdowne St & brookline Ave
who's famous puzzle box experiments with cats, led to the development of the law of effect?
edward thorndike
What Venetian merchant and explorer notably traveled from Europe to Asia in the 13th century?
Marco Polo