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Module 12-13AP Psych
Module 12-13 AP Psych Unit 2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Cerebral Cortex | The intricate fabric of interconnected neural cells covering the cerebral hemispheres; The body's ultimate control and information-processing center |
| Frontal Lobes | The portion of the cerebral cortex lying just behind the forehead; involved in speaking and muscle movements and in making plans and judgement |
| Parietal | The portion of the cerebral cortex lying at the top of the head and toward the rear; receives sensory input for touch and body position |
| Occipital Lobes | The portion of the cerebral cortex lying at the back of the head; includes areas that receive information from the visual feilds |
| Temporal Lobes | The portion of the cerebral cortex lying roughly above the ears; includes the auditory areas, each receiving information primarily from the opposite ear |
| Motor Cortex | An area at the rear of the frontal lobes that controls voluntary movements |
| Somatosensory Cortex | An area at the front of the parietal lobes that registers and processes body touch and movement sensations |
| Association Areas | Areas of the cerebral cortex that are not involved in primary motor or sensory functions; rather they are involved in higher mental functions such as learning, remembering, thinking, and speaking |
| Plasticity | The brains ability to change especially during childhood, by reorganizing after damage or by building new pathways based on experience |
| Neurogenesis | The formation of new neurons |
| Corpus Callosum | The large band of neural fibers connecting the two brain hemispheres and carrying messages between them |
| Split brain | A condition resulting from surgery that isolates the two brain hemispheres by sutting the fibers connecting them |
| Right hemisphere | Controls your left side |
| Left hemisphere | Controls your right side |
| Consciousness | Our subjective awareness of yourself and our environment |
| Cognitive neuroscience | the interdisciplinary study of the brain activity linked with cognition |
| Dual processing | The principle that information is often simultaneously processed on seperate conscious and unconscious tracks |
| Blindsight | A condition in which a person can respond to a visual stimulus without consciously experiencing it |
| Parallel processing | processing many aspects of a problem simultaneously; generally used to prosses well-learned information or to solve easy problems |
| Sequential processing | Processing one aspect of a problem at a time; generally used to process new information or to solve difficult problems |
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