People
Person influential for phrenology.
Who is Franz Joseph Gall?
Towards the back vs. towards the belly.
What is dorsal vs. ventral?
Where a neuron receives input from other cells.
What is a dendrite?
Brain areas where where "data processing" occurs.
What is gray matter?
Person known for localization of speech production.
Towards the front of the body and the nose vs. towards the tail.
What is rostral vs. caudal?
Where electrical impulses from the neuron travel away to be received by other neurons.
What is an axon?
What is white matter?
Considered the father of modern neuropsychology after working with brain injuries during WW1 and creating the 3 united model of the CNS.
Who is Alexander Luria?
Front of the body vs. back of the body.
What is anterior vs. posterior?
The ends of axons which transmit messages to other cells via use of neurotransmitters at synapses.
What is an axon terminal?
The different jobs of each of the six layers in laminar organization.
Layer 4: main input receiving information from the thalamus
Layers 1-3: association layers (processing the info from layer 4)
Layer 5: output to subcortical areas
Layer 6: output to thalamus
Established the first neuropsychology lab in the US.
Who is Ward Halstead?
Above vs. underneath.
What is superior vs. inferior?
Allows electrical impulses to transmit quickly and efficiently along the nerve cells
What is the myelin sheath?
Founder of the Boston Process Approach and developed several tests used today.
Towards the middle vs. towards the sides.
What is medial vs. lateral?
Name all of the parts of a neuron.