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psy 311: exam 3

physiological psychology chapters 13-17

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where are signs of alzheimer's disease first noticed? medial temporal lobe
in alzheimer's, death usually occurs from what? pneumonia and other infections
what are the charactieristics of alzheimer's disease at the cellular level? plauques & neurofibrillary tangles
attention and learning systems rely on _____________ acetylcholine
_______ are clumps of amyloid that cluster among axon terminals and interfere with neural transmission plaques
this is a protein that forms inside neurons and are associated with the death of brain cells neurofibrillary tangles
what is the very first sign of alzheimer's disease? declarative memory loss
in ______ alzheimer's disease, patients are completely dependent on other for care severe
declarative memory loss, confusion, trouble handling money, poor judgment, mood changes, and increased anxiety are all signs of mild alzheimer's disease
in ________ alzheimer's disease, patients may have trouble recognizing people, difficulty with language and thoughts, restlessness, agitation, wandering, and repetitive statements moderate
the cochlea is composed of which two membranes? tectorial membrane & basilar membrane
another word for hair cells, are _______ cillium
there are approximately _,___ inner hair cells 3,400
there are approximately __,___ outer hair cells 12,000
what are the two streams of sound processing? dorsal stream and ventral stream
the dorsal stream is sound ____________ and it terminates in the ________ ________ ______ localization; posterior parietal cortex
the ventral stream analyzes _______ sounds and it terminates in the ________ ________ ____ anterior temporal lobe
the ease of a child's language acquisition is due to a brain-based sensitivity to ________ ________ patterns rhythmic language
what did Noam Chomsky create in the 1980's? a language acquisition device for children
mirror neurons respond when we both ______ in specific acts and while we _______ those acts engage; observe
aphasia is the inability to do what? speak
damage to the speech areas of the brain causes what? aphasia
wernicke's aphasia causes difficulties in ____________ and _________ speech understanding; producing
broca's aphasia causes difficulty ________ speech producing
what kind of aphasia would cause flowing speech that makes no sense accompanied by not being able to follow basic instructions? wernicke's aphasia
what kind of aphasia would result in someone being able to understand what was said, but not be able to respond? broca's aphasia
people with phonological dyslexia may have difficulties doing what? sounding out unfamiliar words (such as colonel, bologna, cliche)
in people with PTSD and a history of child abuse, their ___________ volume is reduced hippocampal
in ______ ______ _____, stress causes excessive sympathetic activity that send the heart into fibrillation sudden cardiac death
stress activates the ____________-_________-_______ axis hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal
the ____________ controls the flight or flight response hypothalamus
the fight or flight response is also known as what? autonomic nervous system
____________ and ______________ increase heart output and liberate glucose from the muscles for additional energy epinephrine and norepinephrine
females have a _______ correlation with estrogen and testosterone positive
progesterone increases have been related to decreases in ________ and ______ anxiety and stress
defensive aggression is based in ____, while predatory aggression is based _______ fear; control
memory loss is proportional to the amount of ______ destroyed cortex
long-term memories are stored throughout the cortex and they are __________ and __________ distributed and redundant
retrograde amnesia is the inability to remember ______ memories prior
anterograde amnesia is the inability to form ____ ________ new memories
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