Exam 2: Neuroscience Approaches to Understanding Psychopathology

"Different areas of the brain perform different functions." This statement refers to the concept of ______.

Psychopathic personality disorder is to histrionic personality disorder as ______ is to ______.

Which statement is FALSE regarding spike trains?

Matthew believes that one of his cats exhibits a potential feline analogue of autism spectrum disorder. This hypothesis is MOST likely suggested by the ______ perspective on psychopathology.

Outline, in order, the six steps involved in passing information from one neuron to another.

In ______, brain activity is assessed by recording electrical activity at the scalp.

Currently, the major brain imaging techniques do NOT include ______.

Two different brain areas that are active during a particular task are probably part of the same network.

There are more than 100 different neurotransmitters in the brain.

One purpose of the sympathetic nervous system is to

Most medications used for the treatment of mental illness influence the neurotransmitters in the ______.

Emotion is processed in the ______.

______ are made up of amino chains from DNA and do the body's work.

The structures closest to the midline dividing the brain's left and right hemisphere are referred to as ______.

In ______, brain activity is assessed by measuring small magnetic field gradients entering and exiting and entering the scalp.

Brain waves are slow and steady during REM sleep.

______ are the basic building element of the brain.

Name and describe three of the brain's networks. For each network, describe a specific instance of a situation from the past day or two in which the network may have been especially active in your brain.

The parietal lobe is immediately anterior to the central sulcus.

Manny is staring absentmindedly out of the window of the city bus on his way home from work. He is not looking at anything in particular and letting his mind wander. Manny's ______ network is MOST likely active in his brain.