Flashcard Set Preview
| Side A | Side B | ||
| 1 |
selective breeding
|
only worked if "better" rats that were chosen were bred in a standard environment with the...
|
|
| 2 |
apoptosis
|
occurs because of Hebbian factors (synaptic pruning) and due to certain neurotrophic factors
|
|
| 3 |
synaptogenesis
|
creation of synapses (Hebbian rules dictate)
|
|
| 4 |
stem cell repair
|
difficult in an older brain since they have to travel further distances and the structural...
|
|
| 5 |
supramarginal gyrus
|
for language
|
|
| 6 |
DLPFC
|
particularly developed working memory
|
|
| 7 |
aging effects
|
effects on cortex due to loss of brain tissue, lesions in the cortex make for minor strokes,...
|
|
| 8 |
HVC
|
high vocal center...doubles in size for the spring
|
|
| 9 |
thymidine
|
radioactive marker for cell division for birds
|
|
| 10 |
BrdU
|
radioactive marker for cell division in monkeys
|
|
| 11 |
down syndrome
|
extra 21st chromosome, smaller hippocampus, frontal cortex/cerebellum...semantic task of recalling...
|
|
| 12 |
amyloid plaques
|
dead debris outside of neurons that become toxic and begin destroying cells....due to loss...
|
|
| 13 |
neurofibrillary tangles
|
normqal neurons have a scaffolding supporting them that collapse resulting in knot like structures...due...
|
|
| 14 |
APOE
|
variations of gene help push onset of Alsheimer's back.....APOE2-relatively rare and helps...
|
|
| 15 |
GSTO1
|
"gusto" gene that helps control the brain's inflammatory response and produces gene that may...
|
|
| 16 |
mmemantine (Namenda)
|
NMDA agonist that slows destruction of Ach neurons by preventing entry of excessive calcium...
|
|
| 17 |
cognitive reserve
|
the more you know/have learned, the lower the chance of alzheimer's
|
|
| 18 |
cognitive activity
|
continuous activity delays apoptosis and promotes meaningful neurogenesis
|
|
| 19 |
phoneme
|
born w ability to learn and recognize 40 phenomes, but whittled down to those employed
|
|
| 20 |
morpheme
|
meaningful sounds from which we produce words
|
|
| 21 |
prosody
|
normal cadence of speech
|
|
| 22 |
transitional probabilities
|
learn to recognize by exposure to combinations of words, words that are usually segmented together
|
|
| 23 |
stages of language learning
|
perceptual learning phase, babbling stage (subsongs for birds), and language competency stage
|
|
| 24 |
perceptual learning phase
|
no language recognition but huge attention effort....includes sensitive periods necessary for...
|
|
| 25 |
babbling stage/subsongs
|
observational learning by listening and picking up rules of grammar....cannot express this...
|
|
| 26 |
language competency stage
|
motivations: finding a mate and communicating with others, learn syntax, and pragmatics for...
|
|
| 27 |
gestures
|
artificial speech that generates generally before language...positive correlation between number...
|
|
| 28 |
Lichetheim's model of language processing
|
hypothetical structure that produces language....must possess ability to take in and translate...
|
|
| 29 |
Broca's area
|
problems: agrammaticism--say things semantically sound but forget helping words like the,,,,,confuse...
|
|
| 30 |
serial production
|
theory that language production is a series of steps that do not overlap: 1. pronunciation...
|
|
| 31 |
wernicke's area
|
have trouble comprehending and speak in a word salad....in volved the supramarginal gyrus
|
|
| 32 |
Wernicke-Geschwind model
|
serial processing or transcortical association model for producing/;understanding speech....1....
|
|
| 33 |
natural language interface
|
computer human interface where linguistic
phenomena such as verbs, phrases, clauses act as...
|
|
| 34 |
conceptual or semantics memory system
|
expanded cortical areas and hippocampus
|
|
| 35 |
mediational system
|
purpose in speaking language....it coordinates implementation and conceptual system to create...
|
|
| 36 |
subcortical areas involved in language
|
basal ganglia, hippocampus, cerebellum
|
|
| 37 |
sign language
|
relies on left hemisphere like spoken language...use of spatial cues in language...taught to...
|
|
| 38 |
social isolation
|
significant negative effects on language...large immediate response but plateua at the competency...
|
No comments yet! Be the first to add a comment below!
Please login to post comments.
After login, we will forward you back to this flashcard.