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Cognitive Psychology: Chapter 2: Cognitive Neuroscience Questions with Correct Answers
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Cognitive Psychology: Chapter 2: CognitiveNeuroscience Questions with Correct Answers
Cognitive Neuroscience Correct Answer-The study of of the
physiological basis of cognition
Levels of analysis Correct Answer-The idea that a topic can be studied
in a number of different ways, with each approach contributing its own
dimension to our understanding
Neurons Correct Answer-Individual cells that create and transmit signals
in the nervous system
Nerve Net Theory Correct Answer-The idea that the nervous system was
made up of a continuous net of cells that transmitted uninterrupted
information
Cell Body Correct Answer-The metabolic center of the neuron
Dendrites Correct Answer-The part of the neuron that branches of from
the cell body and receives signals from other neurons
Axons or Nerve Fibers Correct Answer-Long processes that transmit
signals to other neurons
Sketch a neuron Correct Answer-
, Ramon y Cajal Correct Answer-Spanish psychologist who used the
Golgi stain technique to study the brain tissue of newborn animals and
developed the neuron doctrine. Won the Nobel prize in 1906
Synapse Correct Answer-The gap between the end of a neuron's axon
and the dendrites or cell body of another neuron
Neural Circuits Correct Answer-Groups of interconnected neurons
Receptors Correct Answer-Neurons that are specialized to pick up
information from the environment
Microelectrodes Correct Answer-Small shafts of hollow glass or metal
filled with a conductive salt solution that can pick up electrical signals at
the electrode top and conduct these signal back to a recording device
Recording electrode Correct Answer-The electrode that's tip is inside the
neuron
Reference electrode Correct Answer-An electrode that is located some
distance away in the brain from the recording electrode so it is not
affected by the electrical signals
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