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depression
serotonin
34 cards·by esthelarodriguez
depression
serotonin
aggresion
testerone
memory
hippocampus
balance
cerebellum
insomnia
reticular formation
hemispherectomy
remove half of the brain
callosotomy
split brain in half
cerebral cortex
gray matter, conscious awareness, outer layer of brain
lobes if the brain
frontal, parietal, occipital, temporal
frontal lobe
speech, muscle movement, and planning, personality
temporal lobe
location of auditory cortex, helps recognize face and objects
parietal lobes
body sensory system,
occipital
visual processing
brainstem
most primitive part of brain, controls basic functions of life(breathing, heart rate,
eating)
medulla
controls heart beat and breathing
pons
helps cordinate movement
thalamus
recieves information, routes information
cerebellum
cordinates movement and balance
amygdala
involved in agression and fear, emotional memories
hypothalamus
regulates, eating, drinking, sex
hippocampus
memory
memory
preocess of encoding, storage and retrieval
sensory memory
comes and goes fast
short term memory
last 2-5 mins
long term memory
always remember
primary effect
recall first thing on list
recency effect
recall last thing on list
how many pairs of chromosomes
46(23) from each parent
pku
cannot metabolize, may cause retardation
identical twins
different finger prints
xx
male
xy
female
androgen
male hormaones that makes testicles drop(making you girly)
nurture
environment(peer influence, family influence, culture, education)