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| The switchboard or relay station of brain |
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| This lobe regulates emotions and motivations, such as anxiety, pleasure, and anger |
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| thick bundle of nerves which connect 2 cerebral hemispheres |
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| controls balance and coordinates voluntary movement |
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| abnormal structures known to damage brain cells in Alzheimers patients |
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| smallest part of the nervous system |
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| carries outgoing messages to another neuron or to a muscle or gland |
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| naturally occuring chemicals that reduce pain |
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| short fibers extending from the neuron which allow it to receive messages from other neurons |
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| when a neuron fires at full strength or not at all |
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| behaviors occur more often when they are... |
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| technique in which a person learns to voluntary control physiological process such as heart rate or blood pressure |
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| ability to become increasingly more effective in solving problems as more problems are solved |
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| removing something unpleasant from a situation |
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Failure to take steps to avoid or escape from an unpleasant or aversive stimulus that occurs as a result of previous exposure to unavoidable painful stimuli |
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| entry point for raw information from the senses |
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| grouping of information into meaningful units for easier handling by short-term memory |
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