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| Located within the pons, responsible for sleep-wake cycle. |
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| Reticular Activating System |
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| Begins in the brain stem and has connections throughout the brain, controls the amount of sleep or arousal the brain gets. |
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| Located in the brain stem, responsible for the vomiting reflex. |
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| Sits in the very centre of the brain, on top of the brain stem and inside the grey matter, responsible for motivation, emotion, and memory. |
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| Located in the brain core, responsible for hunger, thirst, and sex drive. |
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| Master gland that is in direct contact with the hypothalamus. Uses hormones to influence other glands such as thyroids. |
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| Located in the brain core, responsible for memory. |
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| Located in the brain core, responsible for stimulating and organizing strong emotions. |
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| Top part of the brain, divided into two hemispheres with four lobes. Responsible for non-reflexive actions. |
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| Right and left side of the cortex. |
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| Specializes in language, logic, and intelligence. |
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| Specializes in music, spatial perception, and creativity. |
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| Located in the back of the cortex, mainly involved with sense of vision. |
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| Located on the sides of the cortex right above the ears, involved with hearing and language. |
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| Located on top of the temporal lobes and in front of the occipital lobes in the cortex, responsible for skin senses and muscle control. |
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| Located just above the eyes in the cortex, responsible for planning, foresight, social interactions, and inhibition. |
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| Located at the edge of the frontal lobe, in the cortex, with a representation for the entire body in regard to muscle. |
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| Located at the edge of the parietal lobe, in the cortex, with a representation of the entire body in regard to senses. |
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| Respond to sensations that are up close, for example taste and touch. |
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| Respond to stimuli that originate at a distance. |
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| React chemically with what we are sensing, for example taste and smell. |
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| React physically, for example hearing and pressure. |
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| Light passes through the pupil, focuses by the lens and passes through the eye where it projects onto a screen in the back of the eye called the retina. The cells in the retina respond to the light and send messages to the brain. |
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| Sound waves pass by the eardrum causing vibrations, the sound is amplified by three little bones and then passed onto the cochlea where vibrations of membrane cause cells to flap and then respond. |
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| There are specialized cells on the tongue that respond to four different tastes, bitter, sweet, salty and sour. |
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| Cells in the upper membrane of the air channel in the nose area respond chemically to incoming molecules in the air. |
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| Nerve cells located in the joints and muscles. |
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| Cells located in three loops of the ear, sensitive to gravity. |
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| Cells located in three loops of the ear, that respond to change in motion. |
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| The study of how the physical worlds is perceived psychologically. |
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| Says that the amount of weight would need to be changed but the same percentage in order for someone to notice. |
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| Psychophysical functions are linear, accelerating or decelerating. |
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| We notice the change as it is. |
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| We notice a greater change than there actually is. |
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| We notice less of a change than there is. |
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| Transducers change their level of sensitivity and become less likely to fire and send messages to the brain. |
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| Says that we have receptors in the retina for three basic colours, red, green and blue. |
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| Says that we are sensitive to opposing sets of colours, white and back, red and green, blue and yellow. |
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| Reflects how little white is mixed into a colour. |
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| The amount of energy a colour has. |
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| Measurement of frequency. |
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| Measurement of loudness or intensity. |
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| Locating something by comparing the information coming from each ear. |
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| When two slightly different images are blended in the eyes to create a 3-D effect. |
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