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Decks in this class (21)

Senses: Audition
What range of frequencies are hum...,
What range can bats hear 2,
External ear mechanisms 3
28  cards
Senses: Gustation
Papillae 1,
Fungiform papillae 2,
Foliate papillae 3
10  cards
Senses: Olfaction
Olfaction 1,
How many olfactory receptor cells...,
How many odours can humans detect 3
7  cards
Vision: Basics
What is light 1,
Smallest unit 2,
Light wave wavelength 3
15  cards
Vision: The Eye
Accommodation 1,
Iris light control 2,
What is intraocular movement 3
18  cards
Vision: Visual Processing
Optic nerve 1,
Optic chiasm 2,
Optic tract 3
25  cards
Motor Systems: Behavioural Performance
Motor behaviour 1,
The hierarchy of the motor systems 2,
Simple reflexes 3
15  cards
Motor Systems: Musculoskeletal System + Neural Mechanisms
The heirarchy of motor control sy...,
Characteristics of the musculoske...,
Skeleton 3
30  cards
Motor Systems: Disorders
What is muscular dystrophy 1,
What is myasthenia gravis 2,
What is spinal cord injury 3
11  cards
Rhythms and Sleep: Basics
Biological rhythms 1,
Circadian rhythms 2,
Ultradian 3
4  cards
Rhythms and Sleep: Timekeeping Mechanisms of the Brain
Period 1,
Phase shift 2,
Entrainment 3
13  cards
Rhythms and Sleep: Sleeping and Waking
What is sleep 1,
Human sleep stages 2,
Dreaming 3
17  cards
Hormones and Sex: Hormones and HPG Axis
What is a hormone 1,
What is part of the major endocri...,
The hypothalamus 3
12  cards
Hormones and Sex: Sexual Behaviour, Sexual Diversity and Orientation
What are the 4 basic steps to mat...,
Appetitve behaviour 2,
Proceptive 3
11  cards
Hormones and Sex: Evolutionary Aspects of Sexual Behaviour
Parthenogenesis 1,
Inclusive fitness 2,
Sexual reproduction compared to a...
10  cards
Hormones and Sex: Sexual Differentiation of the Brain and Body
What is sexual differentiation 1,
If xx 2,
If xy 3
21  cards
Emotion: Orientation and Theory, Facial Expression
What are the 3 perspectives on em...,
What is the feeling perspective 2,
What is the physiological arousal...
14  cards
Emotion: Autonomic and Endocrime Factors
Autonomic factors 1,
Problems with the polygraphy 2,
Endocrine factors 3
7  cards
Emotion: Neurobiological Bases
What is sham rage 1,
What is decortication 2,
What is kluver bucy syndrome 3
5  cards
Emotion: Aggression and Stress
How many types of aggression are ...,
What is offensive aggression 2,
What is defensive aggression 3
12  cards

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