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Lecture 1 - Neurons and Neurotransmitters
The brain is the organ of,
Pareidolia,
Central nervous system
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Lecture 2 - Neurons, neurotransmitters, drugs and mental function
Synapses,
Electrical to chemical to electrical,
Synaptic cleft
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Lecture 3 - Simple neural circuits and memory
Intracarnial meaning,
Intracranial self stimulation,
Areas where dopamine transmission...
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Lecture 4 - Memory 1: What is memory?
Experiences are stored as,
Experience and how it is recorded...,
An increase in synaptic strength ...
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Lecture 5 - Memory 2: The stage theory of memory
The stage theory of memory,
Sensory memory,
Very rapidly sensory memory gets ...
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Lecture 6 - Memory 3: Working memory and long-term memory
Working memory is also known as,
Long term memory what factors inf...,
Elaborative rehearsal enhances en...
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Lecture 7 - Memory 4: Memory and forgetting
Butters and albert 1982,
Episodic memory is disrupted in,
Episodic memory define
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Lecture 8 - Sleep 1: What is sleep?
Circadian rhythm define,
Wake maintenance zone,
Optimum sleep period
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Lecture 9 - Sleep 2: Sleep, dreaming and memory
Eeg stands for,
Eog stands for,
Emg stands for
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Lecture 10 - Sensation and perception and human neuropsychology
Sensation,
Perception,
How many receptors in the retina ...
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Lecture 11 - From eye to (further into the) brain
Main dividing lines of the brain,
Frontal lobe,
Occipital lobe
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Lecture 12 - Disorders of vision
Blindness,
Nasal retinas,
Temporal retinas
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Lecture 13 - Pattern perception
Two opposing theories of pattern ...,
Bottom up theories,
Top down theories
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Lecture 14 - History of localised function
When did people start firmly beli...,
Localisation of function is the t...,
Rene descartes
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CHAPTER 8 reading - MEMORY
Method of loci,
Schema is a,
Memory is enhanced by forming
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CHAPTER 6 Sleep pages
Circadian rhythms,
Most circadian rhythms are regula...,
What secretes melatonin
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Lecture 15 - Temporal and Occipital lobes
Occipital is the only lobe in the...,
Damage to the occipital lobe,
Temporal lobe lateral surface
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Lecture 16 - Parietal lobes
Effects of damage in parietal lob...,
Effects of damage on the parietal...,
Effects of left parietal damage
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Lecture 17 - Frontal lobes + additional examinable content
Frontal lobe subregions,
Effects of damage to the frontal ...,
Effects of damage to the frontal ...
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Lecture 19, 20 and 21 - Behaviours and learning
Behaviours selected by,
Behaviour is selected by evolutio...,
Behaviour selected by experience
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Lecture 22 - Instrumental conditioning
Instrumental conditioning is also...,
Thorndike,
Law of effect
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Lecture 23 - Experimental analysis of behaviour
Experimental analysis of behaviour,
The skinner box,
Schedule of reinforcement is
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Lecture 24 -
Time out,
Premacks principle,
Premack experiment
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Lecture 25 -
Selective stimulus controls,
Natural categories or concepts,
Herrnstein devilliers 1980
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Lecture 26 - Observational learning
What is observational learning,
Anecdotal evidence of observation...,
Evolutionary rationale of evoluti...
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Lecture 27 - Comparative cognition
Comparitive cognition,
Some of the difficulties with stu...,
Problem of clever hans
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