a coiled, bony, fluid filled tube in the inner ear; sound waves traveling through fluid inside trigger nerve impulses
What is the Cochlea?
100
these occur during REM sleep most of the time, but they can occur at any stage of sleep; Sigmund Freud believes they reflecct unconscious urges or wishes.
What are Dreams?
100
this hemisphere controls language and logic
What is the left hemisphere?
100
thisw is an altered state of consciousness that a trained therapist can induce (not sleep)
What is hypnosis?
200
A nerve cell
What is a Neuron?
200
the light-sensitive inner surface of the eye; contains the receptor rods and cones plus layers of neurons that begin the processing of visual information.
What is the Retina?
200
A sleep disorder that involves an interruption in breathing
What is Sleep Apnea?
200
THE FIVE F's
regulates hunger thirst sexual behavior body temperature, ad fight or flight.
What is Hypothalamus
200
part of the peripherial nervous system prepares the body for action.
What is sympathetic?
300
Brain hemisphere that controls spatial behavior and artistic efforts
What is Right hemisphere?
300
Theory that suggests only a certain amount of information can be processed by the central nervous system at a time. (rubbing or scratching a painful area transmits sensations to the brain that competes with the pain messages)
What is Gate Theory?
300
sleep disorder is the inability to fall asleep, to sleep, or to stay asleep.
What is insomnia?
300
holds both of the brains hemisphere together, it also relays messages to the hemispheres
What is corpus callosum?
300
A chemical thats involved in motor messages and behavior
What is dopamine?
400
Gap between the axon tip of the sending neuron and the dendrite or cell body of the receiving neuron
What is a Synapse?
400
the process by which our brain organizes and interprets sensory information, transforming it into meaningful objects and events
What is perception?
400
this is a sleep disorder which cause a person to sleep at random intervals
What is narcolepsy?
400
excutive funtions, such as decision, making, planning reasoning, and carrying out actions
What is frontal lobe?
400
located at the end of a nerve cell and recieve messages from other nerve cells
What is a dendrite?
500
the area of the left hemisphere that controls speech muscles; damage to this area would result in a person struggling to form words
What is the Broca's Area?
500
the process by which our sensory receptors and nervous system take in stimulus energies from the enviroment
What is sensation?
500
recurring sleep stage durring which vivid dreams commonly occur
What is REM sleep?
500
this lobe is responsible for visual information.
What is occipital lobe
500
stretching from the hindbrain through the midbrain and into the forebrain; this system is important in regulating attention and alertness.