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Contralateral
where one side of your brain controls the opposite side of your body
Effects of split brain
delay of communication
might help to avoid chronic seizures
delay in function (tying shoes)
Hindbrain
brain stem
medulla oblongatta
Pons
Midbrain
Reticular formation
RAS
Reticular Act system
Forebrain
Thalamus
hypothalamus
Amygdala
Hippocampus
Limbic system
memory
drives
amygdala pituitary gland hypothalamus hippocampus
CAT scan
good for looking
inside
the brain
sophisticated 3D X-ray
MRI scan
good for looking
inside
the brain
measures density and location of brain material
EEG
good for looking at brain
function
detects brain waves at different stages of consciousness
good for looking at dreams and detecting abnormalities
PET scan
good for looking at brain
function
shows activity in the brain with radioactive glucose
FMRI
good for looking at brain
function
ties brain activity and blood flow during some kind of cognitive task
very costly
Author
cat.zpr
ID
108250
Card Set
AP Psych
Description
neural stuff
Updated
2011-10-12T00:31:02Z
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