PSYC 100- Oppurtunity 2 Weak Areas To Study

Popular antidepressant drugs known as SSRIs achieve their effects by increasing the availability of serotonin. This is accomplished by....

Slowing down the process of reuptake for serotonin

Be sure you can describe each of the four NREM stages of sleep. (The types of brain waves associated with each stage, how long each stage lasts, etc.)

Stage 1 NREM- Lasts about 5 minutes, alpha waves turn into theta waves (lower frequency, higher amplitude) Stage 2 NREM- Lasts about 15 to 20 minutes.Theta waves dominate and are interrupted by sleep spindles and k-complexes. Stage 3 NREM- 15 to 20 minutes. When there are 20% delta waves Stage 4 NREM- 15 to 20 minutes. When there are at least 50% delta waves, going up to nearly 100%

What area of the brain is associated with our ability to perceive faces, and where is this area located (i.e. what lobe and what hemisphere)?

The Fusiform Face Area (FFA) in the right hemisphere of the temporal lobe

What does the parietal lobe do? What is it's one specialty area?

Touch Temperature Pain Somatosensory cortex

Chemicals known as _________ float across the tiny synaptic gap in order to carry messages from one neuron to another neuron.

neurotransmitters

This process of returning to your resting state after being panicked is thanks to your __________.

parasympathetic nervous system

During a process known as _________, neurotransmitters that are in the synapse will be pumped back into the terminal buttons of the neuron that initially released them.

reuptake

What does SCN stand for and where is the SCN (i.e. what brain structure is it in)?

suprachiasmatic nucleus. It is in the hypothalamus

If you walked around the corner and someone jumped out and yelled "BOO!," you might get scared. When this happened, your heart-rate would increase automatically thanks to your....

sympathetic nervous system

What four structures make up the limbic system?

-Hippocampus (learning and memory making) -Amygdala (fear and anger) -Hypothalamus (hunger, thirst, sleep, sexual behavior) -Thalamus (processes and integrates sensory information, like visual data hitting eyes)

What three structures make up the hindbrain?

-Medulla (breathing, blood pressure, heart rate) -Pons (regulating brain arousal levels during sleep) -Cerebellum (balance)

What functions are associated with Broca's area and Wernicke's area?

Broca's- Controls language production (not language comprehension, just producing the words) Wernicke's- Controls language comprehension, not production

What does EEG stand for and what does an EEG measure?

Changes in brain activity while sleeping can be visualized using an EEG (electroencephalograph)

What is Parkinson's disease related to?

Deficiencies in dopamine

What does the frontal lobe do? What are the two specialty areas?

Implulse control decision making primary motor cortex prefrontal cortex

What does the temporal lobe do? What is it's one specialty area?

Memory Emotion Language comprehension Primary auditory lobe

What does the occipital lobe do? What is it's one specialty area?

Processing visuals Primary visual cortex

The antianxiety drug "Xanax" reduces the rate of firing for our neurons (calming us down) by acting as an......

agonist for GABA

The point at which the cell body of a neuron connects to the axon is often referred to as the....

axon hillock