Cognitive Neuroscience

These flashcards cover key vocabulary terms and their definitions relevant to the topics discussed in the Cognitive Neuroscience course.

Neural Anatomy

The study of the structure and organization of the nervous system.

Action Potential

A rapid change in membrane potential that propagates along a neuron.

Neurotransmitter

Chemicals that transmit signals across a synapse from one neuron to another.

Hippocampus

A region of the brain associated with memory formation.

Broca's Area

A brain region located in the left hemisphere responsible for language production.

Wernicke's Area

A brain region associated with language comprehension.

Split-Brain Patient

An individual who has undergone surgery that severs the corpus callosum, leading to two independent hemispheres.

Long Term Potentiation (LTP)

A persistent increase in synaptic strength following high-frequency stimulation.

Hebbian Learning

A theory of synaptic plasticity that proposes that an increase in the synaptic strength arises from the repeated and persistent stimulation of one neuron by another.

Mass Action vs. Localization

A debate in neuroscience regarding whether brain functions are localized to specific areas or distributed across the brain.