425 Terms You Ought to Know for the AP Exam
... - Cochlea (snail shaped membrane filled w/ fluid that changes vibration to an electric symbol) Auditory Nerve Brain Sensory Deprivation – if one sense is deprived, another will become stronger, ie. blind people have very good hearing Sensory Adaption – after a while of constant stimulation, wi ...
... - Cochlea (snail shaped membrane filled w/ fluid that changes vibration to an electric symbol) Auditory Nerve Brain Sensory Deprivation – if one sense is deprived, another will become stronger, ie. blind people have very good hearing Sensory Adaption – after a while of constant stimulation, wi ...
Major Concepts of Anatomy and Physiology
... Limbic System: Composed of a ring of structures that encircle the upper part of the brainstem & the corpus collosum. ...
... Limbic System: Composed of a ring of structures that encircle the upper part of the brainstem & the corpus collosum. ...
Functional and structural adaptation in the central nervous system
... Sensory stimuli are converted into electrical signals Action potentials are electrical signals carried along neurons Synapses are chemical or electrical junctions that allow electrical signals to pass from neurons to other cells Changes in the amount of activity at a synapse can enhance or reduce it ...
... Sensory stimuli are converted into electrical signals Action potentials are electrical signals carried along neurons Synapses are chemical or electrical junctions that allow electrical signals to pass from neurons to other cells Changes in the amount of activity at a synapse can enhance or reduce it ...
2000 NeuroCom BL
... philosophical: both the formal structure and the empirical consequences of a theory cast in terms of mental states may differ profoundly from those of a classic cognitive one. While, for example, most researchers would not subscribe to a Fodorian view of the mind/brain in terms of general-purpose ce ...
... philosophical: both the formal structure and the empirical consequences of a theory cast in terms of mental states may differ profoundly from those of a classic cognitive one. While, for example, most researchers would not subscribe to a Fodorian view of the mind/brain in terms of general-purpose ce ...
Memory
... What are the 3 boxes in the three-box model of memory? What is the sensory register? What are the capacity limits of short-term memory? What is chunking and how does it help overcome these capacity limits? How is long-term memory organized? What are semantic ...
... What are the 3 boxes in the three-box model of memory? What is the sensory register? What are the capacity limits of short-term memory? What is chunking and how does it help overcome these capacity limits? How is long-term memory organized? What are semantic ...
Memory
... Actually, they were able to report a much higher percentage Furthermore the longer the delay between stimulus and tone the lower the percentage until after about 1 second it was back to about 50% Sperling concluded that there must be a nearly total storage register for visual information that lasts ...
... Actually, they were able to report a much higher percentage Furthermore the longer the delay between stimulus and tone the lower the percentage until after about 1 second it was back to about 50% Sperling concluded that there must be a nearly total storage register for visual information that lasts ...
Chapter 9 - Memory Reading Map
... • Anterograde amnesia is a loss of the ability to create new memories after the event that caused the amnesia, leading to a partial or complete inability to recall the recent past, while long-term memories from before the event remain intact. This is in contrast to retrograde amnesia, where memories ...
... • Anterograde amnesia is a loss of the ability to create new memories after the event that caused the amnesia, leading to a partial or complete inability to recall the recent past, while long-term memories from before the event remain intact. This is in contrast to retrograde amnesia, where memories ...
the summary and précis of the conference
... Despite the sparseness of the cortical connection matrix, the potential bandwidth of all of the neurons in the human cortex is around a Terabit/sec (assuming a maximum rate of 100 bit/sec over each axon in the white matter), comparable to the total world backbone capacity of the Internet in 2002. H ...
... Despite the sparseness of the cortical connection matrix, the potential bandwidth of all of the neurons in the human cortex is around a Terabit/sec (assuming a maximum rate of 100 bit/sec over each axon in the white matter), comparable to the total world backbone capacity of the Internet in 2002. H ...
Biological Bases of Behavior, Barron`s Neuroanatomy, pages 78
... 10. Why are neurotransmitters important ? - enable neurons to communicate 11. What does it take for a neuron to fire? - terminal buttons on one neuron are stimulated and release transmitters into the synapse - neurotransmitters fit reception sites on the dendrites of the next neuron - next neuron ce ...
... 10. Why are neurotransmitters important ? - enable neurons to communicate 11. What does it take for a neuron to fire? - terminal buttons on one neuron are stimulated and release transmitters into the synapse - neurotransmitters fit reception sites on the dendrites of the next neuron - next neuron ce ...
NMSI - 4 Central Nervous System
... Visual association cortex (combining images and object recognition) ...
... Visual association cortex (combining images and object recognition) ...
2nd class Nervous System
... nerves are damaged and the nerves do not work. Alzheimer’s – Inflamed of the brain and death of neurons. Meningitis – Is the lining of the brain that is inflaming and can lead to death if untreated. ...
... nerves are damaged and the nerves do not work. Alzheimer’s – Inflamed of the brain and death of neurons. Meningitis – Is the lining of the brain that is inflaming and can lead to death if untreated. ...
The Brain
... The brain was built like a house, bottom to top. The hindbrain controls basic functions like breathing. (oldest part) The forebrain is the ...
... The brain was built like a house, bottom to top. The hindbrain controls basic functions like breathing. (oldest part) The forebrain is the ...
How memories are encoded?
... ever set out to memorize this information, but many of us can come up with a good answer, especially if we use imagery to "reconstruct" each room. We take a mental walk through the house, counting windows as we go. 2-Storage Ways in which information is retained over time and how it is represented i ...
... ever set out to memorize this information, but many of us can come up with a good answer, especially if we use imagery to "reconstruct" each room. We take a mental walk through the house, counting windows as we go. 2-Storage Ways in which information is retained over time and how it is represented i ...
Decision-makers seek internal balance, not
... interoceptive information – which is related to the body’s internal state or sense of balance – is integrated in a particular part of the brain called the anterior insular cortex,” he said. The same brain structures implicated in the urge to take drugs are involved in other biological urges, Paulus ...
... interoceptive information – which is related to the body’s internal state or sense of balance – is integrated in a particular part of the brain called the anterior insular cortex,” he said. The same brain structures implicated in the urge to take drugs are involved in other biological urges, Paulus ...
Gadolinium Deposition in the Dentate Nucleus: An
... evaluate metabolic changes in the brains of patient who exhibit T1 hyperintense signal in the dentate nucleus after multiple gadolinium injections. Magnetic resonance spectroscopy has been shown to be a reliable and reproducible method of assessing chemical changes in the brain and potentially can b ...
... evaluate metabolic changes in the brains of patient who exhibit T1 hyperintense signal in the dentate nucleus after multiple gadolinium injections. Magnetic resonance spectroscopy has been shown to be a reliable and reproducible method of assessing chemical changes in the brain and potentially can b ...
The Nervous System
... Relays impulses from sensory neurons to motor neurons. “The Middle Man” There are more of these than sensory and motor neurons. ...
... Relays impulses from sensory neurons to motor neurons. “The Middle Man” There are more of these than sensory and motor neurons. ...
Networks of Neurons (2001)
... If the axon is long, this is inadequate since changes at one end would decay away almost completely before reaching the other end. If the change in potential difference is large enough, then in a cylindrical configuration such as the axon, a pulse can actively propagate at full amplitude. The Hodgki ...
... If the axon is long, this is inadequate since changes at one end would decay away almost completely before reaching the other end. If the change in potential difference is large enough, then in a cylindrical configuration such as the axon, a pulse can actively propagate at full amplitude. The Hodgki ...
Pituitary malfunctions
... 8. The somatosensory cortex is labeled on the diagram above. The somatosensory cortex on each side receives information about touch, joint position, pressure, pain, and temperature from the opposite side of the body. 9. Broca’s and Wernicke’s areas are labeled on the diagram above. Broca’s area is o ...
... 8. The somatosensory cortex is labeled on the diagram above. The somatosensory cortex on each side receives information about touch, joint position, pressure, pain, and temperature from the opposite side of the body. 9. Broca’s and Wernicke’s areas are labeled on the diagram above. Broca’s area is o ...
Structure of the Vertebrate Nervous System
... – responsible for higher functions such as abstract thinking and planning. – responsible for our ability to remember recent events and information (“working memory”). – allows for regulation of impulsive behaviors and the control of more complex behaviors. ...
... – responsible for higher functions such as abstract thinking and planning. – responsible for our ability to remember recent events and information (“working memory”). – allows for regulation of impulsive behaviors and the control of more complex behaviors. ...
Making Sense of the Environment
... type requires a rearrangement of visual or spatial parts of the problem in order to form a solution. The solver often uses the generate-test problem-solving approach. 3. Problems that require transformation to change aspects of the problem from an initial state to a final state (e.g., the Tower of H ...
... type requires a rearrangement of visual or spatial parts of the problem in order to form a solution. The solver often uses the generate-test problem-solving approach. 3. Problems that require transformation to change aspects of the problem from an initial state to a final state (e.g., the Tower of H ...
Chapter 10
... • EPSPs and IPSPs are added together in a process called summation • More EPSPs lead to greater probability of action potential ...
... • EPSPs and IPSPs are added together in a process called summation • More EPSPs lead to greater probability of action potential ...
Reconstructive
... schemas may, in part, be determined by social values and therefore prejudice. Schemas are therefore capable of distorting unfamiliar or unconsciously ‘unacceptable’ information in order to ‘fit in’ with our existing knowledge or schemas. This can, therefore, result in unreliable eyewitness testimony ...
... schemas may, in part, be determined by social values and therefore prejudice. Schemas are therefore capable of distorting unfamiliar or unconsciously ‘unacceptable’ information in order to ‘fit in’ with our existing knowledge or schemas. This can, therefore, result in unreliable eyewitness testimony ...