Neural Anatomy
What is a nerve cell called?
Neuron
Alzheimer's Disease!
What are the five senses?
Sight, smell, touch, taste, and hearing
The most famous psychologist of all time (and he developed psychoanalysis)
Freud
What do we call someone who studies the brain?
Neuroscientist / Neurologist
What are the two divisions of the nervous system?
Central (CNS) and Peripheral (PNS)
What is narcolepsy?
a chronic sleep disorder
What are the five tastes?
sour, sweet, salty, bitter, and umami
What famous psychologist did an experiment with dogs and ringing bells (classical conditioning)?
Pavlov
What is the study of the brain called?
Neurology
What area of the brain is responsible for thought, language and planning?
Cerebral Cortex
What is the sudden loss of brain function due to blockage or rupture of blood vessel in brain?
Stroke
Where can we find the most touch receptors on our body?
What famous experiment where participants were assigned the roles or guards?
Stanford Prison Experiment
What is the technique where we measure the electrical activity of the brain?
EEG
What area of the brain controls balance?
cerebellum
What condition is it when you have sudden uncontrollable shaking?
Seizure
What lobe of the brain is important for hearing?
Temporal Lobe
what is the bystander effect?
individuals are less likely to help a person in distress when other people are present
Technique that used many x-rays to image something (like the brain/spinal cord) in more detail.
CT Scan
What connects the left and right hemispheres of the brain?
corpus callosum
What is hydrocephalus?
CSF build up in the brain
Where in the eye do we find photoreceptors?
retina
approx 50%
What is the technique called that we use to image the brain via radio frequency signals?
MRI