The Great Brain Drain Review
... Schizophrenia and Parkinson’s disease are both caused by an imbalance of the chemical, dopamine in the brain. When we experience extreme pain, the body releases endorphins. acetylcholine is the chemical found at neuromuscular junctions. The poison of a black widow spider affects it by mimicking it. ...
... Schizophrenia and Parkinson’s disease are both caused by an imbalance of the chemical, dopamine in the brain. When we experience extreme pain, the body releases endorphins. acetylcholine is the chemical found at neuromuscular junctions. The poison of a black widow spider affects it by mimicking it. ...
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... Whenever we have a new experience, a new pathway in the brain is used. Each new experience changes our behaviour - this is called learning. ...
... Whenever we have a new experience, a new pathway in the brain is used. Each new experience changes our behaviour - this is called learning. ...
Neurochemistry of executive functions
... They release neurotransmitters in the extra-cellular fluid ...
... They release neurotransmitters in the extra-cellular fluid ...
Module 05
... of the neck” (Fodor, 1999). What this means is that we subjectively feel that the essence of our being, the mind, resides in our brain and inside our head, which is above our neck (we live “somewhere north of the neck”). The brain in our head allows us to function psychologically as well as physical ...
... of the neck” (Fodor, 1999). What this means is that we subjectively feel that the essence of our being, the mind, resides in our brain and inside our head, which is above our neck (we live “somewhere north of the neck”). The brain in our head allows us to function psychologically as well as physical ...
Neural and Genetic Bases of Behavior
... activity in different brain regions over several minutes by monitoring sugar glucose consumption * Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI): measures neural activity in different brain regions averaged over seconds by monitoring blood oxygen levels ...
... activity in different brain regions over several minutes by monitoring sugar glucose consumption * Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI): measures neural activity in different brain regions averaged over seconds by monitoring blood oxygen levels ...
Chapter Six
... This brain structure is responsible for consolidation, the transfer of information from STM to LTM. • Damage to the hippocampus results in anterograde amnesia, an inability to retain new information subsequent to the damage. Example: The tragic case of H.M. • This should be distinguished from retrog ...
... This brain structure is responsible for consolidation, the transfer of information from STM to LTM. • Damage to the hippocampus results in anterograde amnesia, an inability to retain new information subsequent to the damage. Example: The tragic case of H.M. • This should be distinguished from retrog ...
Student Answer Sheet
... 14c. What advantage does the MRI scan have over the Pet scan for the subject? ...
... 14c. What advantage does the MRI scan have over the Pet scan for the subject? ...
Evolution of General Intelligence
... Genetic influences on intelligence are moderate during the preschool years and increase in importance as the individual moves into adulthood. During early childhood, parents provide many of the environmental influences. As individuals mature, they are better able to seek and benefit from experie ...
... Genetic influences on intelligence are moderate during the preschool years and increase in importance as the individual moves into adulthood. During early childhood, parents provide many of the environmental influences. As individuals mature, they are better able to seek and benefit from experie ...
The Brain
... • The newest evolutionary development and is most highly developed in primates (especially humans). • Incredibly complex, it has many structures and interconnections and is the locus (center) of planning and decision-making. ...
... • The newest evolutionary development and is most highly developed in primates (especially humans). • Incredibly complex, it has many structures and interconnections and is the locus (center) of planning and decision-making. ...
Frontal Lobes
... Each hemisphere controls the opposite side of the body AND is aware of the visual field on that opposite side. Without the corpus callosum, the halves of the body and the halves of the visual field do not work together. Only the left half of the brain has enough verbal ability to express its t ...
... Each hemisphere controls the opposite side of the body AND is aware of the visual field on that opposite side. Without the corpus callosum, the halves of the body and the halves of the visual field do not work together. Only the left half of the brain has enough verbal ability to express its t ...
Sam Wangdescribes some of the physics of our most complex organ
... location of the convolutions on the surface of the brain is determined by such force-generating mechanisms. Just as a sheet with springs here and there would tend to scrunch up, a slab of brain tissue joined at various points by long-distance axons might start to fold. Other evolutionary constraints ...
... location of the convolutions on the surface of the brain is determined by such force-generating mechanisms. Just as a sheet with springs here and there would tend to scrunch up, a slab of brain tissue joined at various points by long-distance axons might start to fold. Other evolutionary constraints ...
Option A Neural Development Study Guide A1 A2
... How the neural tube of embryonic chordates forms How differentiation of the neural tube produces neurons That immature neurons migrate to a final location That chemical stimuli influence the growth of axons to other parts of the body Multiple synapses form with developing neurons Unused synapses are ...
... How the neural tube of embryonic chordates forms How differentiation of the neural tube produces neurons That immature neurons migrate to a final location That chemical stimuli influence the growth of axons to other parts of the body Multiple synapses form with developing neurons Unused synapses are ...
The Nervous System - Centennial Christian School
... • You had the maximum number of neurons when you were born • 1000’s of neurons are lost every day and are never replaced • Don’t notice this until later in life when the loss is so large – This is why elderly people often become forgetful ...
... • You had the maximum number of neurons when you were born • 1000’s of neurons are lost every day and are never replaced • Don’t notice this until later in life when the loss is so large – This is why elderly people often become forgetful ...
CS 160 * Comparative Cognition * Spring 02
... - Motor Programs, esp for rapid, co-ord’d movements that require precise timing and/or aiming - i.e. “Procedural Memory” for well-practiced moves, simple to complex athletic/manual acts - Receives from sensory (visual, acoustic, vestibular for balance, etc) & from/to motor centers - Also involved in ...
... - Motor Programs, esp for rapid, co-ord’d movements that require precise timing and/or aiming - i.e. “Procedural Memory” for well-practiced moves, simple to complex athletic/manual acts - Receives from sensory (visual, acoustic, vestibular for balance, etc) & from/to motor centers - Also involved in ...
02_Neuroscience
... 2. Assumption: Brain areas with more blood flow have been more active recently, so they must have been active in task ...
... 2. Assumption: Brain areas with more blood flow have been more active recently, so they must have been active in task ...
Ms. Setzer-The Brain!
... mathematics, and comprehension skills. In the 1960s, it was termed as the dominant brain. -The right hemisphere houses most spatial abilities-the ability to precieve or organize things in a given space. Also helps make connections between words. ...
... mathematics, and comprehension skills. In the 1960s, it was termed as the dominant brain. -The right hemisphere houses most spatial abilities-the ability to precieve or organize things in a given space. Also helps make connections between words. ...
BRAIN What is the corpus callosum? The band of axons connecting
... This is the part of the brain that, when damaged, would result in an inability to speak with more than a couple words. Broca’s area. This part of the brain literally translates to “little brai ...
... This is the part of the brain that, when damaged, would result in an inability to speak with more than a couple words. Broca’s area. This part of the brain literally translates to “little brai ...
Cognitive neuroscience
... necessary at a level much lower that today (resolution of neuroimage mechanisms deal with brain areas too large) • Using lesions and image techniques, Uttal considers that we cannot decompose a cognitive system in components that can be localized. ...
... necessary at a level much lower that today (resolution of neuroimage mechanisms deal with brain areas too large) • Using lesions and image techniques, Uttal considers that we cannot decompose a cognitive system in components that can be localized. ...