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PSYCHOLOGY A0S 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is brain ablation? | Surgical removal of a region of the brain |
| What is brain lesioning? | Inducing or studying the effects of damage to an area of the brain |
| What is split brain research? | Research where the corpus callosum was severed to show the contralateral functioning in the brain |
| From top to bottom, name the key areas of the hindbrain | Pons, medulla, cerebellum |
| From top to bottom, name the key areas of the forebrain | Cerebrum, thalamus, hypothalamus |
| What is the hindbrain responsible for? | Basic survival functions such as movement and heart rate |
| What is the forebrain responsible for? | Allowing complex mental processes to be performed |
| What is Wernicke's Area responsible for? | Comprehension and coherence of speech |
| Potential consequences if Wernicke's Area is damaged | Fluent Aphasia, when a person has no difficulty producing speech, but the speech is incomprehensible |
| What is the frontal lobe responsible for? | Complex thought processes |
| Potential consequences of a damaged frontal lobe | Changes in personality and difficulties in problem solving |
| What is the parietal lobe responsible for? | Spatial awareness |
| Potential consequences of a damaged parietal lobe | Limiting spatial processing; spatial neglect |
| What is the temporal lobe responsible for? | Processing sound |
| Potential consequences of a damaged temporal lobe | Difficulties relating to memory and hearing |
| What is the occipital lobe responsible for? | Processing vision |
| Potential consequences of a damaged occipital lobe | Loss of vision and difficulty describing objects |
| What is the cerebellum responsible for? | Coordinating skeletal muscle movement |
| Potential consequences of a damaged cerebellum | Issues with muscle movement and coodination |
| What is the pons responsible for? | Regulating the respiratory system and controlling sleep-wake cycle |
| What is the medulla responsible for? | Regulate autonomic processes and reflexive actions such as breathing |
| What is the midbrain responsible for? | Relaying neural information between the hindbrain and the forebrain |
| What is the reticular information responsible for? | Sending information to various structures of the brain |
| What is the cerebrum and what is it responsible for? | Largest structure and divided into two hemispheres; responsible for various mental processes |
| What is the thalamus responsible for? | Filter for sensory and motor information |
| What is the hypothalamus responsible for? | Maintains optimal biological functioning such as body temp |
| What is the cerebral cortex and what is it responsible for? | Outer layer of the cerebrum that covers the brain; responsible for multiple mental processes such as emotional regulation and language |
| What is the role of the corpus callosum? | Ensures both hemispheres can clearly communicate |
| What is Broca's Area responsible for? | Producing speech such as coordinating the vocal cords |
| Potential consequences of a damaged Broca's Area | Non-fluent Aphasia, when a person has difficulty producing speech but is still comprehensible |
| What is the prefrontal cortex responsible for? | Complex mental processes such as decision making |
| What is the premotor cortex responsible for? | Organising voluntary motor movements into a sequence of motions and sending it to the primary motor cortex |
| What is the primary motor cortex responsible for? | Initiating voluntary motor movement and relaying this info to the cerebellum |
| What is the primary somatosensory cortex responsible for? | Recieving and processing sensory information such as touch and pain |
| What is the primary visual cortex responsible for? | Receiving and processing visual information and organises it with other information such as memories |
| What is the primary auditory cortex responsible for? | Recieving and processing auditory information |
| What is an acquired brain injury? | Brain injuries that occur after birth |
| What is a traumatic brain injury? | Damage caused by an external force such as an accident |
| What is a non-traumatic brain injury? | Damage caused by internal factors such as a stroke |
| How can an acquired brain injury impact our biological functioning? | Increased seizures and movement impairment |
| How can an acquired brain injury impact our psychological functioning? | Memory loss and personality changes |
| How can an acquired brain injury impact our social functioning? | Decreased job productivity and impacting relationships with others |
| What is a neuron? | Nerve cell that transmits and recieves neural information |
| What is the synapse? | Region that includes the axon terminals of a presynaptic neuron and dendrites of a postsynaptic neuron (kind of like the connect) |
| What is neuroplasticity? | Ability of the brain to change in response to stimulation |
| What is developmental plasticity? | Occurs naturally through development such as aging |
| What is synaptogenesis and when is it most intense? | Formation of synapses between neurons; most intense at infancy and reduces as you age |
| What is synaptic pruning and when is it most intense? | Elimination of underused synapses; most intense during adolescence and after infancy |
| What is myelination? | Development of myelin around the axon, helping messages more efficient and quick |
| What is adaptive plasticity? | Occurs in response to a need to adapt such as brain trauma |
| What is sprouting? | Develop of new dendrites and axons that allow new connections to occur where neural activity had stopped |
| What is rerouting? | Process of when a neuron forms a new connection with another undamaged neuron to allow new and more efficient neural connections to be formed |
| Difference between structural and functional techniques | Structural provides info on what the brain looks like and functional provides info on brain activity |
| What is a CTE? | progressive and fatal brain injury associated with repeated head injuries or one severe traumatic injury |
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