Emotions
Smiling slightly usually increases this, showing how body action can influence emotion.
What is happiness?
Classical conditioning was pioneered by him through his famous experiment with dogs.
This is referred to as the division of labor between the two brain hemispheres.
What is lateralization?
A drug that blocks a neurotransmitter; shares its name with a frequently used literary device.
What is an antagonist?
Damage to this brain area affects the ability to recognize facial expressions of fear an disgust.
What is the amygdala?
This is the most common disorder related to amnesia.
What is Alzheimer's syndrome?
This part of the brain allows for each brain hemisphere to access information from the other.
What is the corpus callosum?
This type of therapy is commonly used to treat addicts.
What is cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT)?
This brain system is regarded as critical for emotion.
What is the limbic system?
This part of the brain is vital for formation of new long-term memories.
What is the hippocampus?
Damage to this brain area causes some language disability.
What is the Broca's area?
This area of the brain is central to reinforcing experiences of all types.
What is the nucleus accumbens?
Aggressive behavior depends on a ratio between cortisol and this hormone.
What is testosterone?
What is procedural memory?
This built-in mechanisim for acquiring lagnuage is derived from the ease at which most children can develop language.
What is the language acquisition device?
Treatments for bipolar disorder commonly reduce the activity of this in the brain.
What is glutamate activity?
Anxiety medication, like Xanax, bind to these receptors, facilitating their effects.
What are GABA receptors?
This slug-like vertebrae posses large neurons allowing for researchers to study processes like habituation and sensitization.
What is an aplysia?
Researchers accept this hypothesis of the mind-brain relationship as experiences and brain activities are inseparable.
What is monism?
The dopamine hypothesis of this disorder asserts that there is excess activity at dopamine synapses in certain areas of the brain.
What is schizophrenia?