Neurons fire - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

When the presynaptic cell contacts a muscle cell, the synapse area is called a motor end plate. - ANSWER TRUE Briefly explain why the action potential flows only from the axon hillock to the terminal web. - ANSWER During the course of an action potential there is a refractory period that makes sure the action potential can't trigger backwards by the use of caps on gated sodium channels. The caps close and keeps the action potential flowing in one direction. How do the glial cells (i.e., m...

Psychology 1101 - Chapter 2 (Neuroscience) 100% Correct The study of how the brain and nervous system affect mental processes and behavior. neuroscience Cells in the nervous system that transmit information. neurons Brain cells that provide important support functions for the neurons and are involved in the formation of myelin. glia cells A fatty, waxy substance that insulates portions of some neurons in the nervous system. myelin The part of the neuron that contains the nucle...

Patient H.M. (Henry Molaison) - A patient who, because of damage to medial temporal lobe structures, was unable to encode new declarative memories. But his skill learning was intact. Has anterograde amnesia where he cannot learn new information in long-term memory but still remembers older information learned prior to the damage. Medial temporal lobe - A region in the cortex that includes the hippocampus and plays a central role in memory processing. Anterograde amnesia - An inabilit...

Humor's Theory - Answer-Outdated theory trying to explain the function of the mind. States that bodily fluids affect human traits. Hydraulic Theories - Answer-Outdated theory trying to explain the function of the mind. States that the mind acts like a pressure system and pressure controls the mind's actions. Spiritual Theories - Answer-Are generally undeveloped theories of how the mind works that cannot be explained or proven yet. Camillo Golgi - Answer-Famous for staining patches of ski...

Perception Final Study Guide (Quizzes and Test) Latest Update Graded A+ _________ is the processing of getting sensory stimuli into our brain and _________ is the process of the brain interpreting and making sense of that stimuli. sensation; perception So it seems that this thing we call "reality" is more complicated than we first thought. In Western philosophy, who do we give credit for first planting the seeds of doubt as to whether or not reality is what our sense perceive? plato ...

neuroscienceUnderstanding the associated structures that align with psychological behaviours, processing, and function. The analysis of interactions within the brain at a deeper biological level. who is the 10% brain myth attributed to?William James who furthered the 10% brain myth? how?Wilder Penfield: silent cortex: brain areas that appeared to have no function when stimulated with electricity do all neurons fire at once?not all neurons fire at once, but all are active, even when sle...

Study Guide CogSci 1 Final Exam Q&A Latest 2024 What is Cognitive Science? - CORRECT ANSWER-The interdisciplinary scientific study of the mind Uses the scientific method Computer Science, Neuroscience, Psychology, Philosophy, Social Science, Linguistics Several ways to view and approach cognitive science CRUM model - CORRECT ANSWER-Computational Representational Understanding of the Mind Developed by Paul Thagard Hypothesis: "Thinking is performed by computations operating on repre...

PSY 101 Straighterline Final Exam Rated A+ psychology the scientific study of behavior and mental processes science psychology uses systematic methods to observe human behavior and draw conclusions behavior everything we do that can be directly observed mental process The thoughts, feelings, and motives that each of us experiences privately but that cannot be observed directly critical thinking thinking that does not blindly accept arguments and conclusions. Rather, it exami...

SYS III FINAL EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, GRADED A+. VERIFIED/ Hormones related to the hypothalamus - -Thyrotropin-releasing hormone Dopamine Growth hormone-releasing hormone Somatostatin Gonadotropin-releasing hormone Corticotropin-releasing hormone Oxytocin Anti-diuretic hormone Hormones related to the anterior pituitary gland - -Growth hormone (GH) Prolactin (PRL) Thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) Lute...

PSYCH 1101 Morris UGA Exam 3 100% Correct neuron cell in nervous system that receives, integrates, and transmits information dendrites -part of the neuron -receives messages from other neurons soma -part of the neuron -cell body cell nucleus -part of the neuron -life support of neuron axon -part of the neuron -long, thin fiber that transmits signals myelin sheath -part of the neuron -insulating material that coats axons and speeds transmission of info (think insul...