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Psychology gene and
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| CRISPR | Change genetics, |
| Computerized tomography | A structural technique in which x-rays are sent through the brain by a tube, they wrote it around the head |
| Diffusion tensor imaging | A form of structural pictures of the brain allowing researchers and medical personnel s to mess white matter pathways |
| Eeg | Measures patterns of brain activity with use of multiple electrodes attached to the scalp |
| Fmri | Measurement of brain activity by detecting influx of oxygen rich blood into neural areas that were just active |
| Lesioning | Technique can which researchers intentionally damage an area in a brain |
| MRI | Structural imaging technique in which clear images of the brain are created based on different neural regions and release energy while in a magnetic |
| Autonomous sensory meridian response | A phenomenon in which specific auditory or visual stimuli trigger tingling sensation in the scalp and neck, sometimes also extending across the back and the shoulders |
| Gate control theory | Explains experience of pain as an interaction between nerves and transmit pain messages and those and inhibit these messages |
| Gustatory system | Functions in the sensation and perception of taste |
| Haptics | Active exploratory aspect of touched sensation and perception |
| Kinesthesis | Sense of bodily motion and position |
| Multimodal integration | Ability to combine sensation from different modalities, such as vision hearing into a single integrated perception |
| Nociception | Activity of nerve pathways that respond to uncomfortable stimulation |
| Olfactory bulb | Located on the bottom surface of the frontal lobes that serve as the brains central region for processing smells |