Week 13 Lecture Flashcards
1
Q
Identification of faces are dominant to which hemisphere?
A
Right
2
Q
What happens in Wernicke’s aphasia?
A
speech comprehension problems
3
Q
What happens in Broca’s aphasia?
A
speech problems
4
Q
What does Hebb state in 1949?
A
if a synapse is active when a postsynaptic neuron is active, the synapse will be strengthened.
5
Q
Complex emotions are what?
A
long lasting, not universal, socially/culturally learned.
6
Q
Which nervous system activates in stress?
A
sympathetic
7
Q
brief stressors release what?
A
cytokines, which are involved in fever and inflammation
8
Q
The psychopharmacology of drug addiction led to what hypothesis?
A
that there are “pleasure” centres in the brain and that dopamine mediates this.
9
Q
Nicotine activates what receptors?
A
nicotinic acetylcholine receptors
