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Hormones
chemicals released from endocrine systems into blood to produce bodily changes
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Parietal lobe
regulates sensory processing
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occipital lobe
regulates vision and visual perception
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Peripheral Nervous System
Somatic nervous system and autonomic nervous system
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Corpus Callosum
transfers neural impluses between left and right hemisphere of the brain.
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neurons transmit
info all throughout the body
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3 major sections of brain
forebrain, hindbrain, and midbrain
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evolutionary psychology
principles such as natural selection and genetic mutations
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Dendrites and cell body
recive info
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myelin sheath
fatty insulation around some axons increasing rate of impulse
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Tips of branches are called
terminal buttons
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axon
carries info away from cell body
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dendrites
recieve info and send impulses to the cell body
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hindbrain
cerebellum, medulla, and pons
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neurotransmitters affect
behavior and mental processes
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MRI
Study the human brain. Magnetic resonace imaging
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Brains hemispheres connected by
corpus callosm
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spinal cord
recieve signals like touch and pain and send it to the brain
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4 major parts of the limbic system
thalamus, hypothalamus, hippocampus, and amygdala.
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cerebellum
controlls funtions like balance and fine coordinated movement
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neurotransmitters
travel through blood system
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hypothalamus
regulates drives like hunger, sex, and thirst
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4 parts of verebral cortex
temporal lobe, occipital lobe, partial lobe, and frontal lobes.
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medulla
regulates breathing, heart rate, and blood pressure
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CNS Functions
recieve info, processes info and send info
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biological psychology
study of physical and chemical changes involved in behavior and mental processes.
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serotonin
affects sleep and mood
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Central nervous system
spinal cord and the brain
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DCBA
Dendrites, cell body, axons
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