Modeling and Imagery
... Intersensory integration and sensory dominance • Overall sense of what is going on dependent on information flowing from many receptors simultaneously • Occasionally they contradict each other • Vision is dominant…can lead to some amusing experiments (and experiences) ...
... Intersensory integration and sensory dominance • Overall sense of what is going on dependent on information flowing from many receptors simultaneously • Occasionally they contradict each other • Vision is dominant…can lead to some amusing experiments (and experiences) ...
Neuropsychology
... ▫ Higher levels of T after aggressive behaviors ▫ Many hormones associated with increased stress (e.g., Cortisol) ▫ Higher levels of E also correlated with aggression ...
... ▫ Higher levels of T after aggressive behaviors ▫ Many hormones associated with increased stress (e.g., Cortisol) ▫ Higher levels of E also correlated with aggression ...
Synaptic Transmission and Neurotransmitters
... – Principal excitatory NT in central nervous system – Critical for learning: it is Glutamate and the NMDA receptors that allow for long term potentiation – May play significant role in schizophrenia: disrupts regulation of DA, NE, Ach, 5HT. • Affects memory formation • Affects arousal • Affects proc ...
... – Principal excitatory NT in central nervous system – Critical for learning: it is Glutamate and the NMDA receptors that allow for long term potentiation – May play significant role in schizophrenia: disrupts regulation of DA, NE, Ach, 5HT. • Affects memory formation • Affects arousal • Affects proc ...
1. What two communication systems run through the body
... What is the term for the body’s response to a potentially dangerous or stressful situation? ...
... What is the term for the body’s response to a potentially dangerous or stressful situation? ...
The Nervous System
... (Na+) can enter, but only when the gate is open. Stimuli cause the gates to open ...
... (Na+) can enter, but only when the gate is open. Stimuli cause the gates to open ...
Brain Compatible Learning Strategies
... • When it is over taxed, it doesn’t have the energy to resist—cognitive overload • Study: 2 groups-1 group given a 2-digit #; the others, a 7-digit # • Then they were presented with a snack choice: slice of chocolate cake or fruit • Students with 7-digit # were twice as likely to choose the cake ...
... • When it is over taxed, it doesn’t have the energy to resist—cognitive overload • Study: 2 groups-1 group given a 2-digit #; the others, a 7-digit # • Then they were presented with a snack choice: slice of chocolate cake or fruit • Students with 7-digit # were twice as likely to choose the cake ...
Central Nervous System PowerPoint
... Hypothalamus, Amygdala, and the Hippocampus iii. Cerebral Cortex (Left and Right Hemispheres and the corpus callosum) Occipital Lobe, Parietal Lobe, Temporal Lobe, and the Frontal Lobe Primary Motor Cortex and Primary Sensory Cortex Wernicke's Area and Broca's Area ...
... Hypothalamus, Amygdala, and the Hippocampus iii. Cerebral Cortex (Left and Right Hemispheres and the corpus callosum) Occipital Lobe, Parietal Lobe, Temporal Lobe, and the Frontal Lobe Primary Motor Cortex and Primary Sensory Cortex Wernicke's Area and Broca's Area ...
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... breathing, and mental functions like our behaviors, emotions and intelligence. The CNS, therefore, is the physical substance that provides us with genetically determined ways of behaving and also ways of changing this behaviour. The brain is really the enlarged anterior part of the vertebrate CNS, w ...
... breathing, and mental functions like our behaviors, emotions and intelligence. The CNS, therefore, is the physical substance that provides us with genetically determined ways of behaving and also ways of changing this behaviour. The brain is really the enlarged anterior part of the vertebrate CNS, w ...
Central Nervous System PowerPoint
... Hypothalamus, Amygdala, and the Hippocampus iii. Cerebral Cortex (Left and Right Hemispheres and the corpus callosum) Occipital Lobe, Parietal Lobe, Temporal Lobe, and the Frontal Lobe Primary Motor Cortex and Primary Sensory Cortex Wernicke's Area and Broca's Area ...
... Hypothalamus, Amygdala, and the Hippocampus iii. Cerebral Cortex (Left and Right Hemispheres and the corpus callosum) Occipital Lobe, Parietal Lobe, Temporal Lobe, and the Frontal Lobe Primary Motor Cortex and Primary Sensory Cortex Wernicke's Area and Broca's Area ...
31.1 The Neuron The Neuron
... Flowchart A flowchart is a way to show the steps in a process. Complete the flowchart below by labeling the boxes either “Central Nervous System” or “Peripheral Nervous System.” The first one has been done for you. ...
... Flowchart A flowchart is a way to show the steps in a process. Complete the flowchart below by labeling the boxes either “Central Nervous System” or “Peripheral Nervous System.” The first one has been done for you. ...
Literacy and Cognition - Graduateprograminliteracy
... Associate Professor St. Joseph’s College Patchogue, New York ...
... Associate Professor St. Joseph’s College Patchogue, New York ...
Dopamine
... neurotransmitter found in the nervous systems of widely divergent species. It is the chief inhibitory neurotransmitter in the vertebrate central nervous system In vertebrates, GABA acts at inhibitory synapses in the brain. GABA acts by binding to specific transmembrane receptors in the plasma membra ...
... neurotransmitter found in the nervous systems of widely divergent species. It is the chief inhibitory neurotransmitter in the vertebrate central nervous system In vertebrates, GABA acts at inhibitory synapses in the brain. GABA acts by binding to specific transmembrane receptors in the plasma membra ...
File - cbcpsychology
... males (on average) have a higher body mass. So if a control group had proportionally more females and the experimental group had proportionally more males, then gender could be a confounding, because it is uncertain if the alcohol (CV) or the gender (IV) has affected reaction time (the DV) E.g. us ...
... males (on average) have a higher body mass. So if a control group had proportionally more females and the experimental group had proportionally more males, then gender could be a confounding, because it is uncertain if the alcohol (CV) or the gender (IV) has affected reaction time (the DV) E.g. us ...
Behavior Genetics
... Psychiatry: a branch of medicine dealing with psychological disorders; practiced by physicians who sometimes provide medical (for example, drug) treatments as well as psychological therapy. Neuroscience: How the body and brain enable emotions, memories, and sensory experiences -How are messages tran ...
... Psychiatry: a branch of medicine dealing with psychological disorders; practiced by physicians who sometimes provide medical (for example, drug) treatments as well as psychological therapy. Neuroscience: How the body and brain enable emotions, memories, and sensory experiences -How are messages tran ...
638965471899MyersMod_LG_03
... electrical impulses down their axons. Chemical messengers called neurotransmitters traverse the tiny synaptic gap between neurons and pass on excitatory or inhibitory messages. The central nervous system consists of the brain and spinal cord. The peripheral nervous system consists of the somatic ner ...
... electrical impulses down their axons. Chemical messengers called neurotransmitters traverse the tiny synaptic gap between neurons and pass on excitatory or inhibitory messages. The central nervous system consists of the brain and spinal cord. The peripheral nervous system consists of the somatic ner ...
Cognitive Neuroscience
... All neurons connect to and interact with other neurons. The function of the neuron within the nervous system depends on the connections to that neuron. The functions and structure of the brain have been shaped by evolution. ...
... All neurons connect to and interact with other neurons. The function of the neuron within the nervous system depends on the connections to that neuron. The functions and structure of the brain have been shaped by evolution. ...
Nervous System
... • This initiates an impulse in a sensory neuron • Impulse travels to the spinal cord • Impulse passes(by means of a synapse) to a connecting neuron called the relay neuron • Relay makes a synapse with one or more motor neurons that transmit the impulse to the muscles. • Causes muscles to contract an ...
... • This initiates an impulse in a sensory neuron • Impulse travels to the spinal cord • Impulse passes(by means of a synapse) to a connecting neuron called the relay neuron • Relay makes a synapse with one or more motor neurons that transmit the impulse to the muscles. • Causes muscles to contract an ...
Inkwell @ SMUG - Indiana University
... • Moderate stroke damage to occipital lobe can induce Charcot-Wilbrand syndrome (loss of dreams) • Scarcity of tissue in localized portion of visual system (parietooccipital/intraparietal sulcus) is method of action for gene disorder, Williams Syndrome (lack of depth perception, inability to assembl ...
... • Moderate stroke damage to occipital lobe can induce Charcot-Wilbrand syndrome (loss of dreams) • Scarcity of tissue in localized portion of visual system (parietooccipital/intraparietal sulcus) is method of action for gene disorder, Williams Syndrome (lack of depth perception, inability to assembl ...
Chp 9: Nervous tissue chp 11: autonomic nervous system chp 12
... - Motor of efferent neurons carry information from brain toward spinal cord or out of brain to spinal cord into cranial or spinal nerves ...
... - Motor of efferent neurons carry information from brain toward spinal cord or out of brain to spinal cord into cranial or spinal nerves ...
Chapter 2, continued Basal ganglia Has three principal structures
... Principle 5: The brain is both symmetrical and asymmetrical - language and body control are asymmetrical so that they can be synchronized and unified Principle 6: Brain systems are organized both hierarchically and in parallel - If there were a system that went in a straight line, from one level to ...
... Principle 5: The brain is both symmetrical and asymmetrical - language and body control are asymmetrical so that they can be synchronized and unified Principle 6: Brain systems are organized both hierarchically and in parallel - If there were a system that went in a straight line, from one level to ...
peripheral nervous system
... cord, and the spinal cord sends information to a motor neuron. This is known as a reflex arc. ...
... cord, and the spinal cord sends information to a motor neuron. This is known as a reflex arc. ...
Article Analysis Form for Hock: Forty Studies that Changed Psychology
... cortex to the weight of the rest of the brain: the sub-cortex, as the cortex increased in weight quite readily to experience. The synapses of the enriched rats’ brains were 50% larger than those of the impoverished rats, potentially allowing for increased brain activity. Give one example of an eth ...
... cortex to the weight of the rest of the brain: the sub-cortex, as the cortex increased in weight quite readily to experience. The synapses of the enriched rats’ brains were 50% larger than those of the impoverished rats, potentially allowing for increased brain activity. Give one example of an eth ...
Notes - The Nervous System
... – Messages come in from different stimuli and trigger electrical impulses. – At the end of the axon it is changed into a chemical message so it can cross over the synapse – ...
... – Messages come in from different stimuli and trigger electrical impulses. – At the end of the axon it is changed into a chemical message so it can cross over the synapse – ...