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Anatomy
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Functions of parts of brain
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Biochemistry
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Effects of neurotransmitters and hormones on brain processes
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What imaging techniques are used to detect when the brain is working
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(EEG) electroencephalography(MEG) magnetoencephalography
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What imaging techniques are used to detect what part of the brain is working
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(PET) positron emission tomography(fMRI) functional Magnetic Resistance Imaging
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What are the difficulties with imaging techniques
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-all parts of the brain are always active to some degree-most researchers only look at small areas of the brain-neural context effect-the technology is difficult to use
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Ascending reticular activating system (ARAS)
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A part of the upper-brain stem through which info flows into the brain and stimulates it- lemon test
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Amygdala
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Links perceptions and thoughts with emotional meaning- role is assessing whether a stimulus is threatening or rewarding
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Neocortex
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The outer layer of the cortex of the brain, regarded as uniquely human
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What kind of experiences or emotions are related with left and right frontal lobes
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Left- pleasant emotionright- unpleasant emotion
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Brain asymmetry
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The degree to which the 2 sides of the brain respond differently
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Social understanding and self-control, and cognition and emotion induce activity in what part of brain
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Frontal lobe (Phineas Gage)
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Capgras syndrome
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Believe loved ones have been replaced; follows injury to right frontal lobe
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Somatic marker hypothesis
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Idea that the bodily (or somatic), emotional component of thought is a necessary part of problem solving and decision making
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Anterior cingulate
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The front part of the cingulate, a brain structure that runs from the front to the back of the brain in the middle, just above the corpus callosum. the anterior cingulate is believed to be important for the experience of normal emotion and self-control
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Hormone
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A biological chemical that affects parts of the body some distance from where its produced
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