Exam 3: A: Biological Psychology

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​The part of the nervous system most important for aim and timing is the_______.

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​If you lose part of your brain,you lose part of your mind.

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​The hormone that increases attention to social information,and magnifies love and trust toward someone you already love,is known as ________.

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​The specialized junction where one neuron communicates with another is called the ___.

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​People become temporarily motion blind while they are making voluntary eye movements.

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​Parkinson's disease results from a deficiency of transmission at dopamine synapses.

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An important method of measuring brain activity is fMRI.That abbreviation stands for _________ magnetic resonance imaging.​

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​Marijuana increases the risk of strokes,and makes the damage from strokes more severe.

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Drugs that increase energy,alertness,and activity are known as ________.​

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​After a neuron releases transmitters into the synapse,it reabsorbs many of the molecules.

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During voluntary eye movements (saccades),people briefly lose their ability to detect one aspect of vision.That aspect is _______.​

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​In some ways,the behavior of a split-brain person suggests two minds occupying the same head.

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Each behavior depends on a single gene. ​

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​The central nervous system consists of the brain and the _______.

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​Low to moderate doses of amphetamine improve attention.

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​We can almost always explain the reasons for our own behavior.

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​The impulse that the axon conveys is called the _____ potential. ​

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​The right hemisphere of the brain controls the muscles on the right side of the body.

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​The nervous system has two kinds of cells,called _____ and glia.

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How does blindness from brain damage differ from blindness from eye damage?

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