Psychology

Karen's years of experience navigating the streets of a very large city as a taxi driver have resulted in changes in her brain's spatial memory centers that support her detailed street location memory. This best illustrates the value of

Plasticity

A neuron is best described as a

Cell

Natural, opiate-like neurotransmitters linked to pain control are called

Endorphins

The release of ________ enables muscle action

ACh

Depressed mood states are linked to ________ levels of serotonin and ________ levels of norepinephrine

low, low

People feel someone shaking their hand because ________ relay messages

Sensory neurons

Neurons that enable throwing a baseball are called

motor neurons

The vast majority of neurons in the body's system are

interneurons

Activation of the sympathetic nervous system

Raises, dilates

The peripheral nervous system consists of

Sensory and motor neurons

Musicians processing lyrics and tunes separately illustrates

Neural networks

The endocrine system consists of

Glands

Hormone enabling contractions and milk flow

Oxytocin

Both a neurotransmitter and a hormone

Norepinephrine

To monitor brain activity for hearing one's own name

EEG

Destruction of the ________ would most threaten life

Medulla

Stimulation of the reticular formation will cause

A sleeping cat to awaken

The limbic system structure regulating hunger

is the hypothalamus.

Helps process explicit memories for storage

is the hippocampus.

Portion of the cerebral cortex for making plans and moral judgments

is the prefrontal cortex.

Brain devotes more tissue for precise movement in the

motor cortex.

Following frontal lobe damage, Phineas Gage showed:

Irritability

If you lose a foot, cortex area picking up signals illustrates

Plasticity

Split-brain research suggests ________ constructs behavior theories

Left Cerebral Hemisphere

Right hemisphere better at recognizing facial expressions illustrates

Lateralization

Coordinated brain-wide activity indicates

Conscious awareness

Processing information on parallel tracks is associated with

Unconscious mental activity

Limbic system center for fear and rage

Amygdala

Cerebral cortex lobe for controlling facial muscles for speaking

Frontal

Brain's oldest region

Brainstem

Visual cortex location

Occipital lobe

Visual cortex location

severed spinal cord

Failure to notice a desk agent change illustrates

change blindness

Teenager texting and missing a car illustrates

selective attention

Focusing attention for learning illustrates

consciousness

Failure to notice a gorilla in an experiment illustrates

Inattentional blindness

Staying up late on weekends affects

Circadian rhythm

Alpha waves are associated with

A relaxed but awake state

Sleep stage with vivid dreams

REM

Alien abduction experiences likely involve

Hypnagogic sensations

Large, slow waves in NREM-3 are called

Delta waves

Chronic sleep deprivation contributes to

Suppression of the immune system

Bright light inhibits sleepiness by affecting:

Melatonin

Sleep deprivation increases levels of

Ghrelin

Stress hormone that stimulates fat production

Cortisol

Sleepwalking and sleeptalking most associated with

Night terrors

Dreaming response to random neural activity from brainstem

Dreaming

Sleep disorder strongly linked with obesity

Sleep apnea

Manifest vs. latent content in dream theory emphasizes

Manifest vs. latent content in dream theory emphasizes

To detect brain areas active during math calculations use

PET scan