Psych. Unit 1 Review

What happens during REM sleep?

Inattentional blindness and change blindness are forms of __________ attention.

Someone with a split brain looking at the word HEART may say he saw ___ but point to ___.

The thalamus functions like a

Two parts of the limbic system are the amygdala and the ______________.

What are the neuron fibers that pass messages to other neuron cells or muscles and glands?

Our body temp tends to rise and fall in sync with a biological clock, which is called our what?

Regarding a neuron’s response to stimulation, the intensity of the stimulus determines what?

When an action potential reaches an axon terminal, these chemical messengers are released.

What is sleep apnea?

The neurons of the spinal cord are part of the __________ nervous system.

During NREM-1 sleep stage, a person is most likely to experience what?

Which of the following body regions has the largest representation in the somatosensory cortex?

Failure to see visible objects because our attention is occupied elsewhere is called what?

About ¾ of the cerebral cortex which involves learning, speaking, and remembering.

The part of the brainstem that controls heartbeat and breathing is the ___________.

Plasticity is especially evident in the brains of who?

Judging and planning are enabled by the ___________ lobes.

The ______ secretes epinephrine and nonepinephrine, helping arouse the body in times of stress.

The neural structure that most directly regulates eating, drinking, and body temperature is the

The brain emits large, slow delta waves during ____________ sleep.

Autonomic NS controls internal functions, such as heart rate. The word autonomic means what?

What is the neural activation theory of dreaming?

Which is NOT one of the theories that have been proposed to explain why we need sleep?

The tiny space between the axon of one neuron and the dendrite or cell body of another.