Parts of the brain
Hormones
Psychoactive Drugs
Perception/sensation
Disorders
100
What does the Amygdala
processing emotions
100
What does insulin do?
lowers blood sugar levels.
100
What is the acronym for Lysergic Acid Diethylamide
LSD
100
what color is this dress?
BLUE AND BLACK ONLY!
100
What is the disorder that makes you hallucinate, delusions, incoherent speech, or catatonic behavior.
Schizophrenia.
200
what does the cerebellum do?
helps keep your balance, coordination, posture and fine motor skills.
200
What does epinephrine do?
Increases heart rate, oxygen intake, and blood flow
200
What is the active drug in Magic mushrooms
Psilocybin
200
light energy entering the eye and sound energy entering the ear is?
sensation
200
a persistent and recurring feeling of being estranged from oneself of being a spectator of ones own life and being detached from ones mental processes or body that is accompanied by intact reality testing.
depersonalization/derealization disorder.
300
What is the largest part of the brain called?
The cerebrum.
300
What does testosterone do?
Develop and maintain male sexual characteristics and maturation.
300
what is the acronym for Dimethyltryptamine
DMT
300
Sorting and identifying raw data into information with meaning
perception or afterimage effect.
300
presence of two or more distinct personality states or identities that recurrently assume control of the individuals behavior.
dissociative identity disorder.
400
What does the brain stem do?
Regulates unconscious functions like heart beat, breathing, wake and sleep cylces.
400
What is melatonin's function?
Releases melatonin during night hours to help with sleep.
400
What type of drug does ecstasy fall under
Hallucinogen and stimulants.
400
What are optical illusions essentially?
Inaccurate or impossible perceptions.
400
What does PTSD stand for?
Post traumatic stress disorder.
500
What is Dura Mater?
includes two layers: The periosteal layer of the dura mater lines the inner dome of the skull (cranium) and the meningeal layer is below that. Spaces between the layers allow for the passage of veins and arteries that supply blood flow to the brain.
500
What is oxytocin's function?
Stimulates contraction of uterus and milk ducts in the breast.
500
What are the two main drugs we talked about that can cause permanent brain damage?
Ecstasy and Marijuana.
500
The process of changing a stimulus into action potentials is...
Transduction.
500
What is the most common psychological disorder in the United States? (Bonus 100 points if you can get within a million of the number of affected adults in the US)
Anxiety disorders- affects about 40 million US adults.