Angielski kolokwium II

Thin on the ground

Very few

Out of fashion

Not popular

To harness

Control and make use of

Reel off

Say or recite smith rapidly and without apparent effort

To get a hang of something

Learn how to operate or do smth

Rote learning

Process of memorising info based on repetition

To evoke

Bring or recall e.g. memory, feeling to the conscious mind

To reinforce

Strengthen or support

Feats of memory

Memorising long strings of digits, series of random words etc

Tips

A useful piece of info or advice

Vivid memories

Very clear and detailed

To conjure up

To make a picture or idea appear in someone’s mind

To inhibit

Hinder, restrain, prevent

Choline

Cholina

Retrograde amnesia

Corporate workaholic

Pracoholik w korpo

Learning from square one

From the begging

Raining cats and dogs

Leje jak z cebra

Fragility of human life

The quality of being easily broken or damaged

To take smth for granted

To assume smth as true, real or to be expected

To ram into sb

To hit against smth or to make smth hit against something with force

Flabbergasted

Intense shock

Uphill battle

It requires a great deal of effort and determination, but it should be possible to achieve it

A boost in confidence

Smth that makes you feel more confident and happy

Memory

encode, store and retrieve info

Sensory memory

The immediate, very brief recording of sensory info in the memory system

Iconic memory

Visual sensory memory

Echoing memory

Auditory sensory memory

Short-term memory

Activated memory that holds a few items briefly before the info is stored and forgotten

Long-term memory

A type of storage that holds info for long periods of time

Explicit memory

Memory of facts, declarative

Implicit memory

Procedural memory

Episodic memory

Memory of one’s personal past experiences

Semantic memory

Memory of knowledge about the worls

Flashbulb memory

A clear memory of an emotionally significant moment or event

Maintenance rehaersal

Process by which a person holds info in the working memory for a period of time

Elaborative rehearsal

A method of transferring info from STM into LTM by making that info meaningful in some way

Retrieval

The process of getting info out of memory storage

Memory consolidation

The gradual, physical process of converting new long-term memories to stable, enduring memory codes

Encoding failure

Failure to process info into memory

Retrieval failure

Not remembering smth one is certain of knowing

Proactive interference

Stare przeszkadza nowemu, the disruptive effect of prior learning on the recall of new info

Retroactive interference

Nowe przeszkadza staremu, the disruptive effect of new learning on the recall of old info

Mild cognitive impairment MCI

A slight but noticeable and measurable decline in cognitive abilities, including memory and thinking skills

Retrograde amnesia

No memories from the past

Anterograde amnesia

No new memories

Infantile amnesia

Can’t remember your childhood

peripheral nervous system

obwodowy układ nerwowy

knee jerk reflex

odruch kolanowy

lateral fissure

bruzda boczna

olfactory bulb

opuszka węchowa

cingulate gyrus

zakręt obręczy

cerebrum

mózgowie

cerebral cortex

kora mózgowa

corpus callosum

spoidło wielkie

sympathetic nervous system

współczulny układ nerwowy

parasympathetic nervous system

przywspółczulny układ nerwowy

parietal lobe

płat ciemieniowy

association areas

obszary asocjacyjne

brain stem

pień mózgu

arcuate fasciculus

pęczek łukowaty

striatum

prążkowie

phrenology

frenologia

planum temporale

równina skroniowa

meninges

opony mózgowe

cerebrospinal fluid

płyn mózgowo-rdzeniowy

central nervous system

ośrodkowy układ nerwowy

spinal cord

rdzeń kręgowy

reflex arc

łuk odruchowy

efferent neurons

neurony ruchowe

afferent neurons

neurony czuciowe

gray matter

istota szara

white matter

istota biała

medulla oblongata

rdzeń przedłużony

pons

most

cerebellum

móżdżek

reticular activating system RAS

twór siatkowatu

pituitary gland

przysadka mózgowa

midbrain

śródmózgowie

forebrain

przodomózgowie

hindbrain

tyłomózgowie

thalamus

wzgórze

hypothalamus

podwzgórze

limbic system

układ limbiczny

amygdala

ciało migdałowate

somatic nervous system

somatyczny układ nerwowy

autonomic nervous system

autonomiczny układ nerwowy

frontal lobe

płat czołowy

occipital lobe

płat potyliczny

temporal lobe

płat skroniowy

somatosensory cortex

kora czuciowa

motor cortex

kora ruchowa

broca’s area = broken speech

ośrodek broki

wernickes area

ośrodek wernickego

stroke

udar mózgu

hemorrhage

krwotok, wylew

bood clot

skrzep krwi

Neurotransmitters

neuroprzekaźniki

pineal gland

szyszynka

basal ganglia

zwoje podstawy mózgu