Biological Psychology - Statistics

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
the electric charge from axon hillock travels down the _____	axon	65%
in charge of communicating in the nervous system via electric charges that release neurotransmitters	neurons	60%
collecting information from other neurons, receives communication	dendrites	45%
chemicals released by neurons	neurotransmitters	40%
centre of the cell, stores genetic information of the cell	soma/cell body	35%
negative emotions (anger, fear, etc.)	amygdala	25%
memory and spatial ability	hippocampus	25%
tiny bumps around the axon, speeds up electric charge travelling down the axon; facilitates repair of the axon if it is damaged	myelin sheath	25%
release transmitter, commuting with other neurons through sending information	axon terminal / terminal buttons	15%
motor control (fine tuning) and coordination, balance, eye movement, learning and cognitive abilities, very wrinkly = well developed	cerebellum	15%
emotion processing, where our personalities are stored, decision making and planning	frontal lobe	15%
controls pituitary gland, autonomic nervous system, physiological maintenance (homeostasis)	hypothalamus	15%
gaps on the axon, further speeds the electric signal/transmission speed	nodes of ranvier	15%
use sight to gather information	occipital lobe	15%
regulates the endocrine system	pituitary gland	15%
responsible for storing memories, language comprehension	temporal lobe	15%
responsible for digestion, heart rate, breathing, eye dilation, whether we have to urinate or not	autonomic	10%
communication between cerebral hemispheres	corpus callosum	10%
inhibitory neurotransmitters: _____, serotonin	GABA	10%
these neurotransmitter can unlock ___ channels, allowing excitatory or inhibitory messages to enter neuron	ion	10%
emotion and memory	limbic system	10%
processing and control of our autonomic activities heart rate, blood pressure, breathing, muscle tone, circulation	medulla	10%
processing of smell	olfactory bulb	10%
sleep control, connects brainstem to cerebellum	pons	10%
found in the peripheral nervous system	schwann cells	10%
neurons are either firing _____ or not	AP	5%
responsible for giving neurons the nourishment they need to function	astrocyte	5%
takes all messages from soma or dendrites and regulates all the information, averages it and decides what to do	axon hillock	5%
responsible for creation of speech	broca's area	5%
fluid that runs throughout the brain and takes up the empty space that takes up our skull, cushioning the brain	cerebrospinal fluid	5%
final part of the brain that developed (more wrinkly, the larger it is; more smooth, the smaller it is)	cortex	5%
electroencephalograph monitors averaged electrical activity of the brain over time	EEG	5%
controls facial expressions	facial nerve	5%
responsible for cleaning up the debris left from damaged neurons	microglia	5%
support neurons and assist in the formation of the myelin sheath	oligodendrocytes	5%
processing spatial information, figuring out where things are in space	parietal lobe	5%
planning, strategies, self-awareness, and reasoning	prefrontal cortex	5%
responsible for voluntary movement/activities, sending and receiving those commands	somatic	5%
relay station for all sensory information except smell	thalamus	5%
magnetic coil stimulates brain	TMS	5%
facial sensation and jaw movement	trigeminal nerve	5%
sensory inputs	affervent nerves	0%
cause, facilitate, or stimulate the release of dopamine in stage two	alcohol	0%
blocking dopamine from being released	antipsychotics	0%
in stage 5, _____ targets dopamine and norepinephrine and cause mass excitation	cocaine	0%
uses x-rays, can detect tumors, lesions, and other abnormalities, cannot see the functions of the brain	CT scan	0%
mass inhibition in the nervous system	depressants	0%
sending commands to make our heart pump	effervent nerves	0%
stimulating specific areas of the brain with a weak electrical current and observing behaviour	ESB	0%
non-evasive, brain structure and function, tracks oxygen flow	fMRI	0%
mass excitation in specific brain regions related to sensory	hallucinogens	0%
auditory system, attention and with involuntary shift of our entire head towards auditory stimuli (loud noises)	inferior colliculi	0%
first ways to study the brain	lesioning	0%
measures both electric and magnetic activity	MEG	0%
the neurons natural ability to create a neurotransmitter will be inhibited, nervous system becomes reliant on _____ to be happy	meth	0%
brain structure, magnetic fields, uses magnets by pushing around the atoms they are able too	MRI	0%
the fundamental foundation of the nervous system, and how it works	neuroplasticity	0%
excitatory neurotransmitters: dopamine, ____, _____	norepinephrine, acetylcholine	0%
brain function, radioactive chemicals, brightest colours indicate greatest activity	PET scan	0%
create the plans to move	primary motor complex	0%
targets serotonin, prevents the ability of serotonin to be re-uptake, endlessly bind to the postsynaptic neuron	prozac	0%
substances that contain chemicals like neurotransmitters that affect synapse	psychoactive drugs	0%
general arousal, brain activity when we are awake and active	reticular formation	0%
neurons are specialized cells that ____, ____, and ____ information	send, process, receive	0%
mass excitation in the nervous system	stimulants	0%
source of the dopamine system- control of voluntary movement	substantia nigra	0%
visual system, attention and with involuntary directing your attention towards visual stimuli	superior coliculi	0%

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