Ch. 14

Ch14 Part 2

1. Name some higher level functions of brain. Why are they called “integrative” functions?

2. What are brain waves?

3. What is an EEG, what does it measure?

4. What causes electrical changes in the brain? How are they detected?

5. What can EEG be used to diagnose?

6. Define brain death

7. In Fig 14.18, can you ID each wave type?

8. Name the 4 types of EEG waves. Know the frequency, location, and condition for each wave type.

9. Define sleep. How is it different from coma?

10. What is sleep paralysis?

11. What characterizes the 4 stages of sleep? ID each in Fig 14.19

12. What is REM sleep?

13. Why is REM paradoxical sleep?

14. What sleep times have dreaming?

15. What are sleep spindles? ID this in Fig 14.19

16. From Fig 14.19, How long do you need to sleep before you get to REM? So, why might students who get up every couple hours to cram for a test, or new moms whose infants wake them to feed every couple of hours lose REM?

17. What brain structures are involved in sleep / wake cycles?

18. Where are the arousal neurons, that are active as you go to wake up?

19. How do ventrolateral preoptic nucleus neurons help you stay asleep?

20. Metabolically, what happens to replenish your brain when you’re asleep?

21. What functions occur during REM sleep?

22. Define cognition.

23. What are association areas? How were they discovered?

24. What is contralateral neglect syndrome? What brain damage leads to this?

25. What is agnosia? prosopagnosia? What brain injuries can cause them?

26. Define prefrontal cortex aka frontal association cortex. What does it do?

27. What does the parietal association area do?

28. What does the temporal association area do?

29. What are 3 processes involved with info management?

30. Define anterograde amnesia. What can cause it?

31. Define retrograde amnesia.

32. Which memory type is affected with amnesia?

33. How is hippocampus...