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Genes
If a recessive gene is on an auto...,
If a recessive gene is on an auto...,
If a recessive gene is on an x ch...
85  cards
Anatomy (L)
Function is an _______ of signals...,
Which aspects of our brain are in...,
Our brain has evolved mainly in t...
66  cards
Memory 1 (L)
One way of establishing which bra...,
Hm what was removed,
Hm temporal lobe consists of 3
27  cards
Anatomy (T)
Somatic nervous systemafferent ne...,
Somatic nervous systemefferent ne...,
The autonomic nervous system regu...
49  cards
Memory (T)
The difference between a lobectom...,
Retrograde amnesia is,
With anterograde amnesia you cant...
28  cards
Stress
The cluster of physiological chan...,
Stress can be ____ or ____,
Stressors acting on neural circui...
45  cards
Vision
Scotopic vision lacks both the __...,
Which out of photopic and scotopi...,
Two key properties of sensory sys...
142  cards
Alzheimer's
Alzheimers is the most common cau...,
Alzheimers has been described as ...,
In alzheimers final stages an ind...
24  cards
Parkinson's
Affects ___ of the population,
Is parkinsons more common in men ...,
Parkinsons is idiopathic what doe...
30  cards
Sz
Schizophrenia symptoms can be div...,
Positive schizophrenia symptoms r...,
Delusions hallucinations inapprop...
43  cards
Intro
Define the membrane potential,
Neurons are specialised for 3,
Neurons have a ______ membrane
80  cards
Drug addiction
How do drugs enter bloodstream vi...,
Benefit of oral ingestion,
Downside of oral ingestion
84  cards
Vision 2 (L)
Saccades which region of the brai...,
The mach band illusion is created by,
The axons of ommatidia are connec...
32  cards
Motor
What are the two modulators of th...,
Sensory information feeds back into,
Motor command originates in which...
48  cards
Genetics 2
What is heritability,
Heritability estimates vary from,
Key study for working out heritab...
28  cards
Emotion
Darwin believed that expression o...,
Most well understood brain compon...,
James lange theory of emotion
36  cards
Research methods
0  cards
RMs
Why is x ray not a good technique...,
Contrast x ray is usually used to...,
Contrast x ray injected substance...
45  cards
Memory 3
Ltp has been most frequently stud...,
Hebb argued what was the basis of...,
Bliss lomo 1973 a single low inte...
32  cards
Depression
Any disorder characterised by moo...,
4 subtypes of depression,
What is anhedonia
41  cards

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