Neocortex - Study guides, Revision notes & Summaries

Discussion Questions - Answer- 1. What is the child experiencing? 2. What thoughts and perceptions might this child have about adults? About the world in general? 3. What behaviors might we expect from this child? 4. What will this child need to feel safe? Trauma-Informed organization - Answer- Supports and facilitates trauma-informed care through: Policies Procedures Practices Trauma-Informed Organization Ensures that staff - Answer- Understand- what trauma is and how it impacts eve...

Patient H.M. (Henry Molaison) - A patient who, because of damage to medial temporal lobe structures, was unable to encode new declarative memories. But his skill learning was intact. Has anterograde amnesia where he cannot learn new information in long-term memory but still remembers older information learned prior to the damage. Medial temporal lobe - A region in the cortex that includes the hippocampus and plays a central role in memory processing. Anterograde amnesia - An inabilit...

Exam 1 Brain Story MODs| Answered 100% Correctly| Latest The brain begins as an embryonic structure called the: a. brain stem b. neocortex c. neural tube d. spinal cord Neural tube Bain developmental starts shortly after conception. The brain is considered mature around the age of: a. 6 b. 18 c. 25 d. 60 25 Different abilities, and their underlying neural circuits, develop in a bottom-up sequence during sensitive periods. Put the following abilities in the correct sequence of...

The brain begins as an embryonic structure called the: a. brain stem b. neocortex c. neural tube d. spinal cord - Neural tube Bain developmental starts shortly after conception. The brain is considered mature around the age of: a. 6 b. 18 c. 25 d. 60 - 25 Different abilities, and their underlying neural circuits, develop in a bottom-up sequence during sensitive periods. Put the following abilities in the correct sequence of development: sensory abilities, motor skills, executive func...

What factors serve to moderate the psychological and behavioral expression of brain lesions? - Answer 1. Laterality/side 2. Site of the lesion 3. Size of the lesion 4. Depth of the lesion (facial droop to complete right hemiplasia) 5. Velocity (speed @ which it progresses) 6. Chronicity (vs acute): how long has it been since to onset of a lesion 7. Etiology (cause) Differentiate between corticospinal and corticobulbar tracts - Answer corticobulbar tracts: descending tracts from ...

Dissociation from the Self correct answersDissociation/dissociative disorders often linked to trauma During traumatic experiences, intense desire to act happens while paralyzed with horror - body/brain "freeze" → dissociate to avoid physical/emotional pain Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) correct answersDevelops in response to a shocking/scary/dangerous event Symptoms: disturbing thoughts/feelings/dreams related to events, mental/physical distress to trauma-related cues Neur...

There are 4 types of cells in the cortex: pyramidal, stellate (aka granular), fusiform, and horizontal cells of Cajal. Which of these are Golgi II cells? correct answers stellate; horizontal cells of Cajal Subcortical processing is as follows: (A) Cochlea (B) Anterior ventral cochlear nucleus (C) Posterior ventral cochlear nucleus (D) Multipolar cells of ventral cochlear nucleus (AVCN and PVCN) (E) Superior olivary complex (F) Inferior colliculus (G) Medial geniculate body correct answ...

what is stress? - ️️inability to cope with a perceived threat to one's mental, physical, emotional and spiritual wellbeing - results in physiological responses and adaptations what is the goal of stress management? - ️️limit the harmful effects of stress what are the two theories of emotion? - ️️- james-lange theory of emotion - cannon-bard emergency theory james-lange theory of emotion - ️️emotions are a result of physiological arousal cannon-bard emergency theory...

Thalamus -gateway to the cortex -sensory/motor info passes through it to/from cortex Motor commands Vision Hearing Touch Taste (NOT smell/olfactory) Each part of thalamus is reciprocally connected to specific parts of the ____ each part of thalamus is reciprocally connected to specific parts of the CORTEX. -cortex and thalamus are "close buddies" Rat brain vs. Cat brain vs. Human brain rat brain has NO GYRI Cat has some Human has MANY GYRI Breakdown of CNS Forebrain-->telencephalon, dien...

COGSCI 180 MIDTERM EXAM | Questions and Correct Answers | Latest Update 2024/2025 | Graded A+ Dissociation from the Self - Answer -Dissociation/dissociative disorders often linked to trauma During traumatic experiences, intense desire to act happens while paralyzed with horror - body/brain "freeze" → dissociate to avoid physical/emotional pain Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) - Answer -Develops in response to a shocking/scary/dangerous event Symptoms: disturbing thoughts/feel...