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Chapter 2
Cognitive Neuroscience
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Psychology
Graduate
01/30/2016
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Cognitive Neuroscience
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Field involved in studying the neural basis of cognition.
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Neuron
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Cell that is specialized to receive and transmit information in the nervous system.
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Cell Body
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Dendrites
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Axon
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Nerve Fiber
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Synapse
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Neural Circuits
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Microelectrodes
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Recording Electrode
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Reference Electrode
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Nerve Impulse
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Action potential
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Neurotransmitter
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Localization of function
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Cerebral Cortex
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Primary receiving areas
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Temporal Lobe
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Occipital Lobe
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Parietal Lobe
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Frontal Lobe
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Prosopagnosia
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Brain Imaging
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Positron Emission Tomography (PET)
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Subtraction Technique
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Functional Magnetic Imaging (fMRI)
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Fusiform Face Area (FFA)
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Parahippocampal Place Area (PPA)
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Extrastriate Body Area (EBA)
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Module
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Broca's Area
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Broca's Aphasia
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Wernicke's Area
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Wernicke's Aphasia
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Event-Related Potential (ERP)
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Distributed Processing
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Retina
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Feature Detectors
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Neural Code
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Specificity Coding
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Grandmother Cell
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Distributed Coding
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