Brain Terms
The four lobes of the brain.
What are Frontal, Occipital, Temporal, and Parietal?
There's a certain number of stages when it comes to sleep.
What is Four?
This is the shortest form of memory, lasting only an instant!
What is Sensory Memory?
The main major categories of drugs.
What are Stimulants, Depressants, Opiates, and Hallucinogens?
This is when memory loss occurs without mental difficulties.
What is Amnesia?
The brain stem, cerebellum, and limbic system are all a part of THIS brain.
What is the Old Brain?
This perspective represents unconscious wishes which are desired to be fulfilled.
What is Psychodynamic Perspective?
In Long-Term Memory, this department is where the factual information is stored.
What is Declarative?
This influences a person's emotions, perceptions, and behavior regardless of negative outcome.
What is Psychoactive drug?
We spend this amount of time in our lives sleeping.
What is 1/3?
This research method shows movement/blood flow in the brain. Typically, to diagnose and monitor serious conditions.
What is Position Emission Tomography? (PET)
This is a chronic neurological disorder that affects the brain's ability to regulate sleep-wake cycles and leads to excessive sleepiness during the day.
What is Narcolepsy?
This type of memory is based on a specific or surprising event that is so vivid. Also known as a virtual snapshot!
What is Flashbulb Memory?
This is a learned technique for refocusing attention that brings out an altered state of consciousness. Also considered to be calming and focused on breath.
What is Meditation?
This state happens when you take yourself out of reality to relate with an outside suggestion.
What is Dissociative state?
This area of the brain perceives touch and pressure in particular areas of the body.
What is the Somatosensory Area?
This occurs in each stage of sleep getting progressively deeper, and can cause an increase in blood pressure, heart rate, and breathing.
What is REM?
Your friend asks you the title of the song you guys listened to this morning were listening to earlier. You respond with, "I know what you're talking about, it was uh... man, what was it?" You experienced this kind of stump in the memory.
What is "Tip-of-the-tongue-phenomenon?"
When you have this, it causes rewards system to high jack, disrupt neurotransmitter balance, and can cause your memory and learning ability to worsen. It can also ruin outside factors, like relationships.
What is Addiction?
This exercise helps you break out of habits.
What is Neurobic exercise?
While in class, you notice that your friend has heavy eye bags. You say to yourself: "Yikes, looks like someone had a rough night." This is an example of using this area of the brain.
What is the Visual Association Area?
The rat video that we watched in class was an example of this theory.
What is Dreams for Survival Theory?
This is when information in memory displaces or blocks other information, preventing you being able to recall information.
What is Interference?
This is a serious brain disorder primarily caused by a deficiency of Vitamin B1. This is often associated with alcohol misuse.
What is Korsakoff Syndrome?
This regulates consciousness, arousal, and many autonomic functions. Also, known as the "guardian angel."
What is Reticular formation?