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Psych Chapter 3

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show Important for learning and emotional behavior. Contains Hippocampus, amygdala and hypothalamus  
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show part that connects the hemispheres of the brain  
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Occipital Lobe   show
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show receives tough and body position  
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Temporal Lobe   show
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Frontal Lobe   show
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show higher functions like memory, thinking, speaking.  
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show pleasure center and controls hunger and body temp  
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show Ultimate control and information processing center  
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Sympathetic Nervous system   show
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show calming of the body  
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show transfers information from sensory recpetors to the brain  
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Brain Stem   show
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show coordinates the body's movements  
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show sleep wake cycle  
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medulla   show
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show the idea that the brain can be changed structurally and chemically via experiences  
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show Consists of sympathetic and parasympathetic. connects the central nervous to brain/spinal cord  
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receptor site   show
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show chemicals released by synaptic vescicles  
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synaptic vesicles   show
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show a neuron either fires or it does not  
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terminal button   show
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show contains terminal buttons of one neuron, the synaptic space and the dendrites of the cell body of the receiving neurons  
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polarization   show
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relative refractory period   show
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absolute refractory period   show
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show charged particles  
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glial cells   show
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show fatty stuff around axon that speeds up the neuron impulse  
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sensory neurons   show
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show Carrys information between other neurons  
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show carry information from brain to muscles and glands  
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axon   show
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dendrite   show
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show Sends and receives information. Contains axon and dendrites  
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