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| the study of behavior as influenced by biology |
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| Measures subtle changes in brain electrical activity through electrodes placed on the head |
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| generate cross-sectional images of the brain through an X-ray_like technique |
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| Generates highly detailed pictures of the brain similar to CAT scans |
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| allow scientists to view the brain as it is working |
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| the central nervous system and the peripheral nervous system |
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| the brain and the spinal cord |
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| peripheral nervous system |
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| all other nerves in the body excepting the central nervous system |
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| afferent neurons (sensory) |
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| nerves that send information to the brain |
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| nerves that carry information from the brain |
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| quick and involuntary responses to environmental stimuli |
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| responsible for voluntary movement of large skeletal muscles |
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| controls the nonskeletal or smooth muscles |
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| sympathetic nervous system |
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| associated with processes that burn energy, fight-or-flight reaction |
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| parasympathetic nervous system |
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| part of nervous system responsible for maintaining homeostasis and conserving energy |
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| oldest part of brain, comprised of cerebellum, medulla oblongata, reticular activating system, pons, and thalamus |
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| controls muscle tone and balance |
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| controls involuntary actions, such as breathing, digestion, heart rate, swallowing |
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| reticular activating system |
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| controls arousal (Wakefulness and alertness) |
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| passes neural information from one area of the brain to another |
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| relays sensory information; receives and directs sensory information from visual and auditory systems; and conveys information about balance and pain |
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| second oldest part of the brain, limbic(emotional) system, hippocampus, amygdala, hypothalamus |
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| involved in learning and memory formation |
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| implicated in the expression of anger and frustration |
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| controls the temperature and water balance of the body; controls hunger and sex drives; orchestrates the activation of the sympathetic nervous system and the endocrine system |
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| most recent evolutionary structure; cerebral cortex |
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| divides the two hemispheres of the cortex; band of connective nerve fibers |
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| area in the left hemisphere that controls the ability to speak |
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| area in left temporal lobe that controls the ability to comprehend speech |
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| responsible for higher level thought and reasoning |
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| handles somatosensory information and home of primary somatosensory cortex |
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| handles auditory input and critical for speech |
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| area of brain that processes visual input |
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| enzyme which affects memory function as well as muscle contraction especially in the heart |
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| enzyme related to arousal, sleep, pain sensitivity, and mood and hunger regulation |
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| enzyme associated with movement, attention, and reward |
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| enzyme which is an inhibitory neurotransmitter |
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| enzymes which are the body's natural painkillers |
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| system that controls hormones of the body |
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| primary gland of the endocrine system that releases hormones, controlled by hypothalamus |
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| gland located at the front of the neck which produces thyroxine, which is important for regulating cellular metabolism |
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