Psych 101 Ch 2
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What is neuroplasticity?
The brains’ ability to change (during childhood) by reorganizing after damage or building new pathways.
What is synaptogenesis?
Formation of synapses between neurons and the nervous system
What is neurogenesis?
The formation of new neurons in the brain.
What is the function of the medulla?
Regulates involuntary life sustaining functions such as breathing, heartbeat, and swallowing.
What is the function of pons?
Controls relaxation coordinates right and left, and the bridge between each side of cerebellum.
What is the function of reticular formation?
Operates sleep/wake cycle. Regulates alertness.
What is the function of the thalamus?
Filters and integrates incoming sensory stimuli and relays information to various parts of the cortex.
What is the function of the hypothalamus?
Regulates homeostasis, basic biological functions (hunger, thirst, body temperature), through messages sent to the pituitary gland (master gland of the endocrine system)
What is the function of basal ganglia?
Smoothing voluntary movements, procedural learning, habit learning.
What is the function of the amygdala?
Controls aggression and fear and plays a central role in the learning fear responses and emotional memory.
What is the function of the hippocampus?
New memory formation
What is the cerebrum?
The largest and most complex brain region responsible for the most complex of mental functions, such as thinking, learning, and remembering.
What is the prefrontal cortex responsible for?
Reasoning, decision making, impulse control, and personality.
What is the primary motor cortex responsible for?
Control of muscle movement
What is the function of the fusiform gyrus?
Facial recognition
What is the function of the parahippocampal place area?
Place recognition
What is the function of the somatosensory cortex?
Registers signals from various bodily areas and monitors body’s position in space.
What is the function of corpus callosum?
Bundle of nerves that connects the two hemispheres and relays messages between the two.