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CH 1: Biopsychology as a Neuroscience
Define biopsychology,
List the 6 fields of neuroscience...,
Define neuroanatomy
24  cards
CH 2: Evolution, Genetics & Experience
Explain the evolutionary signific...,
Explain the evolutionary signific...,
Define pku discuss how its inform...
6  cards
CH 3: The Brain, NS & Neural Communication
List the major divisions of the n...,
Describe the cns,
Describe the pns
42  cards
CH 4: Neural Conduction & Synaptic Transmission
Define membrane potential describ...,
Define resting potential,
Define ion channels
34  cards
Online Reading: Neuroendocrinology
Define a hormone,
Describe how the anterior pituita...,
Describe hypothalamic control of ...
17  cards
CH 5: Research Methods of Biopsychology
Describe 2 x ray based techniques...,
Describe the pet technique,
List 3 magnetic field based techn...
57  cards
CH 6: The Visual System
Explain how the pupil can affect ...,
Explain how the lens can affect t...,
Explain why some vertebrates have...
52  cards
CH 7: Mechanisms of Perception
List the 3 types of sensory cortex,
Define primary sensory cortex,
Define secondary sensory cortex
52  cards
CH 8: The Sensorimotor System
Wrt the sensorimotor system expla...,
Describe the association cortex,
Name an advantage of higher level...
66  cards
CH 10: Brain Damage & Neuroplasticity
Define tumour,
Explain difference b w encapsulat...,
List the 2 types of brain tumours
71  cards
CH 17: Biopsychology of Emotion, Stress & Health
Summarize the major events in the...,
Summarize the major events in the...,
Summarize the major events in the...
37  cards
CH 18: Biopsychology of Psychiatric Disorders
Describe the positive symptoms of...,
Describe the negative symptoms of...,
Describe the causal factors impli...
72  cards
CH 11: Learning, Memory & Amnesia
List the 4 specific memory tests ...,
Describe the digital span 1 test ...,
Describe the block tapping memory...
46  cards
CH 12: Hunger, Eating & Health
Describe the process of digestion,
Explain how energy is stored in t...,
List the 3 phases of energy metab...
46  cards
CH 15: Drug Use, Drug Addiction, & the Brain's Reward Circuits
List the 4 routes of drug adminis...,
Describe drug administration via ...,
Describe drug administration via ...
50  cards
CH 14: Sleep, Dreaming, & Circadian Rhythms
Describe the 3 standard physiolog...,
Describe the 3 stages of sleep eeg,
Explain the difference b w rem no...
18  cards
CH 13: Hormones & Sex
0  cards
Online Reading: Hormones & Sexual Behaviour
0  cards

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