All of biopsych - terms and studies
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| Central nervous system | show 🗑
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| Peripheral nervous system | show 🗑
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| show | Sub-division of the peripheral nervous system that controls involuntary responses like breathing and heart rate
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| show | The part of the peripheral nervous system responsible for carrying sensory and motor information to and from the CNS
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| show | A subdivision of the autonomic nervous system that activates nerves, glands and visceral muscles in times of stress or threat (fight or flight response)
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| Parasympathetic NS | show 🗑
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| Reflex | show 🗑
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| Sensory neuron | show 🗑
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| show | Neurons that allow sensory and motor neurons to communicate with each other. Short dendrites and short axons. Also known as 'interneuron'
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| show | Carries impulses from the central nervous system to muscle/gland effectors. Short dendrites, long axons
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| Axon | show 🗑
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| Axon terminal | show 🗑
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| Dendrite | show 🗑
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| show | Part of a neuron which contains the nucleus
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| Synapse | show 🗑
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| show | Chemical substances, e.g. dopamine, that play an important part in the workings of the nervous system by transmitting nerve impulses across a synapse
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| show | Neurotransmitters that increase the likelihood that a nerve cell will produce an action potential, e.g. dopamine
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| Inhibitory neurotransmitter | show 🗑
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| show | Combination of effects from the activity of two or more synapses onto a single neuron - the combination of excitation and inhibition to determine whether there is enough of a positive charge to reach an action potential
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| show | A cell able to respond to external stimuli and transmit a signal to a sensory nerve. Also refers to the part of a neuron which receives the neurotransmitter
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| Endocrine system | show 🗑
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| Gland | show 🗑
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| show | The body's chemical messengers, e.g. melatonin. They travel through the bloodstream, influencing many different processes (e.g. sleep)
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| Hypothalamus | show 🗑
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| Fight or flight response | show 🗑
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| Adrenaline | show 🗑
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| show | “Stress hormone” - Hormone responsible for blood glucose regulation, immune functions, and anti-stress responses – production is increased by chronic stress
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| Adrenal Cortex | show 🗑
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| Adrenal Medulla | show 🗑
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| show | A technique for studying the brain. It works by detecting changes in blood oxygenation and flow that indicates increased neural activity
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| Electroencephalogram (EEG) | show 🗑
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| Event-related potential (ERP) | show 🗑
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| show | Way of studying the brains of people who have shown particular psychological abnormalities prior to their death in an attempt to establish the possible neurobiological cause for this behaviour
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| Temporal resolution | show 🗑
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| show | The extent to which a way of studying the brain can identify the specific location of brain activity
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| Localisation | show 🗑
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| show | An area in the frontal lobe of the brain, usually in the left hemisphere, related to speech production
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| show | An area in the temporal lobe of the brain important in the comprehension of language
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| Visual cortex | show 🗑
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| Auditory cortex | show 🗑
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| show | A region of the brain responsible for the generation of voluntary motor movements
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| show | A region of the brain that processes input from sensory receptors in the body that are sensitive to touch
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| show | The ability for one part of the brain to do a different function, especially if the other area is damaged. Seems to disprove localisation theory
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| show | Refers to the belief that some mental processes in the brain are mainly specialised to either the left or the right hemisphere (studied by Sperry)
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| show | Nerve fibers that divides the cerebral cortex lobes into left and right hemispheres - it is cut in split-brain patients
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| Hemispherectomy | show 🗑
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| show | Refers to the brain's ability to modify its own structure and function as a result of experience
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| show | Refers to the recovery of abilities and mental processes that have been compromised as a result of brain injury or disease
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| show | The naturally-occurring brain process where new connections are formed between neurons as a result of experience or practice
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| show | The destruction of synapses that are not being used - in order to improve the brain's efficiency
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| show | Production of neurons through the division of non-neuronal cells.
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| Neuronal unmasking | show 🗑
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| Stem cell therapy | show 🗑
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| Circadian rhythms | show 🗑
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| show | Rhythms that have a duration of over 24 hours and may be weekly, monthly or even annually (e.g. menstrual cycle)
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| show | Cycles that last less than 24 hours, such as the cycle of sleep stages that occur throughout the night
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| show | Mechanisms within the body that govern the internal, biological bodily rhythms - our main example is the SCN
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| show | An environmental cue that helps to regulate the biological clock in an organism (e.g. light)
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| show | Tiny region of the brain (in the hypothalamus) - it is responsible for controlling circadian rhythms
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| Melatonin | show 🗑
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| show | An exogenous zeitgeber that helps to regulate bodily rhythms - the presence and actions of others
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| Chronotherapeutics | show 🗑
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| show | The use of sunlight, lamps, or lasers to treat Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
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| McClintock Effect | show 🗑
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| show | Studies which remove the participant from any external time cues, for example by spending time in a cave without any clocks
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| show | Discovered the part of the brain responsible for the production of speech
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| show | Discovered the part of the brain responsible for the understanding of speech
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| Sperry | show 🗑
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| Turk (Patient JW) | show 🗑
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| Maguire | show 🗑
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| show | Participants who were made to play Super Mario for 30 mins per day showed higher density of grey matter in key brain areas involved in spatial navigation, strategic planning, working memory and motor performance
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| Tajiri | show 🗑
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| Siffre | show 🗑
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| show | Implanted the SCN of hamsters with a 20-hour circadian rhythm into newborn hamsters. The newborns had a 20-hour daily cycle
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| Dement & Kleitman | show 🗑
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| show | Women who received the sweat of a donor started to synchronise their menstrual cycle with the donor
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