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Psych chp 2
neuroscience
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
10/10/2016
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Somatic Division
 Definition
carries info to and from
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Autonomic Division

 

 Definition
survival neurons
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Sympathetic Division
 Definition
fight or flight
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Parasympathetic Division

Definition

repair stage

 
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Cerebellum

 Definition

motor coordination and balance

 
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Hypothalamus
 Definition
homeostasis and reward center
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Hippocampus

 

 Definition
memory former
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Amygdala
 Definition
produces emotions (fear) discrimination of objects for survival
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Cortex

 

 Definition
coordination/interpretation. Higher mental processing
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Corpus Callosum
 Definition

 

connect right and left

 
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 Occipital Lobe

 

 Definition
vision
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Parietal Lobe
Definition
processes and integrates sensory info
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Temporal Lobe
 Definition
hearing
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Frontal Lobe
Definition
higher mental process / produce fluent speech
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Aphasia
Definition
communication problem  
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(Broca’s Aphasia vs. Wernicke’s Aphasia)  or (expressive (broca) vs. receptive (Wernicke's))
 Definition
can’t create full response, meaningless speech / can’t listen
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Spatial Neglect

 

 Definition
damage to left can’t see right side
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Neuroplasticity vs. Neurogenesis

Definition

mature non divisible neurons / rare few makeable neurons

 
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Interneuron
Definition
connector neuron
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