brain lobes
smell, hearing, memory processing, and auditory association area
What is the temporal lobe?
This system is the reward pathway!
What is the dopamine system?
Neurotransmitters bind to _______ in the post-synaptic dendrite.
What are receptors?
This part of the synapse receives signals!
What is the dendrite?
"Is the drug pleasurable" and this other question are often addressed in addictions research. Hint: operant conditioning.
Does the drug have addictive properties?
This lobe controls speech, conscious thought, and the motor cortex.
What is the frontal lobe?
The cell bodies of neurons that make dopamine are clustered in this area.
What is the ventral tegmental area (VTA)?
This is where NTs bounce around.
What is the synaptic cleft?
This is an important but small point in the cell body.
What is the nucleus?
This reflects the quality of the measures and manipulations.
What is construct validity?
This lobe deals with visual association, but is furthest away from the eyes!
What is the occipital lobe?
This is another name for the endorphin system.
What is the endogenous opiod system?
This acts as a vacuum to recycle NTs. Hint: a drug can block it!
What is a reuptake transporter?
This is where a signal is received and then sent to the next one. (identify both)
What is the dendrite and axon terminal?
If an experiment is this type of valid, it means the measures appear to be appropriate upon first glance.
What is face validity?
This cortex is in the parietal lobe, which relates to perception.
What is the somatosensory cortex?
This system controls comfort and mood.
What is the serotonin system?
This "guy" can send another signal, effect local cellular processes, talk to the nucleus, and change DNA expression.
What is the 2nd messenger?
This is the name of exposed parts of the axon.
What are Nodes of Ranvier?
The experiment proves a cause and effect.
What is internal validity?
This lobe touches all other lobes, and it can integrate the functions of the others.
What is the parietal lobe?
The absence of pain is pleasure is this system's motto. Not to be confused with the "pleasure" system: the ventral pallidum.
What is the endorphin system?
Apart of the pre-synaptic axon terminal, an overstimulation of this can lead to a decrease in the amount of NT released.
What is the autoreceptor?
This structure protects the axon and produces myelin which insulates the axon, allowing for a faster signal.
What is a Schwann Cell?
This determines if the measurement in an experiment is a valid predictor of future behaviors.
What is predictive validity?