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Flashcards by Jenna Ricciardi, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Jenna Ricciardi
over 8 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Hindbrain function | -Vital bodily processes -Controls unconscious -Breathing -Swallowing -Blood circulation -Muscle tone |
| Midbrain (function) | -Eye movement -Motor function -Visual and auditory system -Passes sensory and motor information |
| Forebrain (function) | -Eating -Regulation sleep -Emotions -Regulates body temperature |
| Left hemisphere (function) | -Verbal tasks -Self recognition -Positive emotions -Math skills -Sensory and motor information |
| Right hemisphere (function) | -Non verbal tasks -Recognising others -Sensory and motor information -Negative emotions -Spatial activities |
| COrpus Callosum (function) | -Integrate motor, sensory and cognitive performances between the left and right side of the brain |
| Frontal lobe | -Attention -Personality -Emotions -Movement -Language -Mental ability |
| Parietal lobe | -Sense of touch |
| Occipital lobe | -Vision |
| Temporal lobe | -Auditory -Hearing -Language comprehension |
| Wernicke's area | -Speech production -Writing -Understanding words |
| Neuron | -Process and transmit information throughout the nervous system |
| Dendrite | -Communicate with other neurons |
| Cell body | -Determines how the neuron deals with messages -Passes to axon |
| Axon | -Transmits information to other neurons |
| Myelin sheath | -Insulates and protects neurons -Speeds up electrical signals |
| Internal | *Still pictures -CAT -MRI *Dynamic pictures -fMRI -PET |
| External | -EEG ->Records the brains electrical activity ->Identifies brainwave activity |
| Stimulant | -Excites the nervous system -Arouses body functions *Eg caffien |
| Depressant | -Calms the activity of the nervous system -Slows body functions *Eg alcohol |
| Hallucinogen | -Mind altering drug -Changes perception and sensory images without input from the senses *Eg ecstasy |
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