Neuroanatomy and Functioning of the Human Brain: Neurons, Synapses, and Brain Areas, Quizzes of Cognitive Psychology

Download Neuroanatomy and Functioning of the Human Brain: Neurons, Synapses, and Brain Areas and more Quizzes Cognitive Psychology in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 human brains have about ___ DEFINITION 1 100 billion neurons TERM 2 each neuron has over ___ DEFINITION 2 1,000 synapses TERM 3 Gogtay DEFINITION 3 imaged people from 5-20 years old and coded the density of synapses TERM 4 brains have more connections at ___ than ___ DEFINITION 4 520 TERM 5 we lose connections from ___ DEFINITION 5 the back of the brain to the front TERM 6 as we get older we prune out unnecessary connections and ___ DEFINITION 6 each part of the brain becomes specialized and more efficient TERM 7 neurons DEFINITION 7 basic units of the nervous system TERM 8 3 main parts of a neuron DEFINITION 8 dendritescell bodyaxon TERM 9 dendrites DEFINITION 9 receive signals TERM 10 cell body (soma) DEFINITION 10 summate TERM 21 the brainstem DEFINITION 21 basic program for survival TERM 22 Mike the Wonder Chicken stayed alive for 8 months without a head because __ DEFINITION 22 he had an intact brainstem which is the basic program for survival TERM 23 cerebellum DEFINITION 23 coordinated movement and balancetiming of behaviors TERM 24 the cerebellum is located ___ DEFINITION 24 behind the brainstem TERM 25 the limbic system consists of __ DEFINITION 25 hypothalamushippocampusamygdala TERM 26 hypothalamus DEFINITION 26 regulates vital functions and drives like body temperature, hunger, and sexual functioning TERM 27 ventromedial hypothalamus DEFINITION 27 the "off switch" of hungera rat will eat itself to death if this is harmed TERM 28 lateral hypothalamus DEFINITION 28 the "on switch" of hungera rat will starve itself to death if this is harmed TERM 29 hippocampus DEFINITION 29 consolidation of declarative long term memories TERM 30 amygdala DEFINITION 30 processes emotional stimuli TERM 31 occipital lobe DEFINITION 31 multiple basic visual processing areas TERM 32 temporal lobe DEFINITION 32 primary auditory cortexhigh level visual processing : object identification, what are we looking at? TERM 33 parietal lobe DEFINITION 33 primary somatosensory (feeling sensation) cortexvisuospatial processing: how/where things are TERM 34 double dissociation DEFINITION 34 the finding of proof that different parts of the brain is affecting what is happening TERM 35 the temporal lobe helps us to determine __ DEFINITION 35 the what