PSYC 2015 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Hebbian Theory, Frontal Lobe, Insular Cortex
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Study guide for exam 3 of psyc 2015, fall 2015. You have to finish the online portion of multiple choice questions (12:01am to 11:59pm on december 8th). The content for exam 3 will come from the slides of lecture 17 to 23 and chapters 7. 3, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14 in our textbook. Serotonin effects: fear and amygdala: function and pathway, effects after damage, anxiety: decreased gaba and increased orexin, excitatory/inhibitory neurotransmitter in amygdala and hypothalamus, stress: hpa-axis pathway and effects of cortisol. Lecture 18: wakefulness and sleep (chapter 8: mechanisms of the biological clock. Circadian rhythm: brain structures and function(scn); genes (period and timeless); neurotransmitters (melatonin): Melatonin"s effect: brain waves and their corresponding brain state: (beta, alpha, theta, delta, sleep stages and its sequence, and characteristics in each stage, brain structures involved in wakefulness: Pontomesencephalon, locus coeruleus, hypothalamus, basal forebrain (table 9. 1: brain function in rem sleep. Rem is regulated by serotonin & acetylcholine: narcolepsy: cause and treatment.
