Psych 100 Ch. 3 - Brain Functions

An experimental manipulation of the brain that involves electrically stimulating the cerebral cortex of the brain by using pulsed magnetic fields administered near the scalp.

A device used to record patterns of electrical activity produced by neuronal activity in the brain.

A discredited technique for determining intellectual abilities and personality traits by examining the bumps and depressions of the skull.

A functional neuroimaging technique to measure brain activity using magnetic fields. This technique is useful to map brain changes across time and is often used together with fMRI.

A brain-scanning technique that produces color-coded pictures showing the relative activity of different brain areas.

A brain scanning technique that relies on X-rays to construct computer-generated images of brain and body.

A brain-scanning technique that relies on strong magnetic fields to construct computer-generated images of the brain or body based on blood flow.

A brain-scanning technique that relies on strong magnetic fields to construct computer-generated images of physiological activity in the brain or body.

A brain-imaging technique that creates images of cerebral blood flow.

A group of brain structures that provide life-support functions.

A brain stem structure that regulates breathing, heart rate, blood pressure, and other life functions.

A brain stem structure that regulates the sleep-wake cycle.

A brain stem structure that controls the timing of well-learned movements.

A diffuse network on neurons, extending through the brain stem, that helps maintain vigilance and an optimal level of brain arousal.

The brain stem structure that acts as a sensory relay station for taste, body, and auditory sensations.

A group of brain structures, that through their influence on emotion, motivation, and memory, promote the survival of the individual and, as a result, the continuation of the species.

A limbic structure that, through its effects on the pituitary gland and the autonomic nervous system, helps regulate the aspects of motivation and emotion, including eating, drinking, sexual behavior, body temperature, and stress responses.

A limbic system structure that evaluates information from the immediate environment, contributing to feelings of fear, anger, or relief.

A limbic system that contributes to the formation of memories.

The outer covering of the brain.

The left and right halves of the cerebrum.

Regions of the cerebral cortex that serve motor or sensory functions.

Region of the cerebral cortex that integrates information from the primary cortical areas and other brain areas.

A lobe of the cerebral cortex responsible for motor control and higher mental processes.W

The area of the frontal lobes that controls specific voluntary body movements.

A lobe of the cerebral cortex responsible for processing bodily sensations and perceiving spatial relations.

The area of the parietal lobes that processes information from sensory receptors in the skin.

A lobe of the cerebral cortex responsible for processing and hearing.

The area of the temporal lobes that processes sounds.

A lobe of the cerebral cortex responsible for processing vision.

The area of the occipital lobes that processes visual input.

The region of the frontal love responsible for the production of speech.

The region of the temporal lobe that controls the meaningfulness of speech.

A technique in which a cerebral hemisphere is anesthetized to assess hemispheric lateralization.

A research technique for the study of cerebral hemispheric lateralization that involves people whose hemispheres have been surgically separates from each other.

A thick bundle of axons provides a means of communication between the cerebral hemispheres and that is severed in so-called split-brain surgery.

The brain’s ability to learn from experience and to promote adaptive behavior.

The process which branches from the axons of nearby healthy neurons grow into the pathways normally occupied by the axons of damaged neurons.

The transplantation of healthy tissue into damaged nerves, brains, spinal cords.