The Brain, Sensory Receptors, and Memory

The brain and the spinal cord are part of the ​ (a)   . The other nerves are part of the ​ (b)   .

• central nervous sytem (CNS)
• peripheral nervous system (PNS)

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Part of a neuron that collects the signal

• Dendrite

• Axon

• Endings

• Myelin Sheath

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Part of a neuron that the electrical signal passes through

• Dendrite

• Axon

• Endings

• Myelin Sheath

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Part of a neuron that will pass the signal to the next neuron

• Dendrite

• Axon

• Endings

• Myelin Sheath

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True or False: The endings of one neuron touch the dendrites of another neuron.

• True

• False

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Small pocket of space between two neurons where they pass messages.

• Synapse

• Endings

• Axon

• Dendrites

• Nucleus

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Match the types of stimuli with what sense will pick them up.

Groups:

(a) Taste/Smell

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(b) Vision

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(c) Hearing

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(d) Touch

• Electromagnetic Stimuli (ex. Wavelengths of light)

• Mechanical Stimuli (Sound Waves)

• Pain

• Pressure

• Chemical Stimuli

• Movement

• Position

• Heat/Cold

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What are the five senses?

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What can you do to help your brain put information into long term memory?

• Repetition (Ex. looking over notes every day)

• Nothing

• Craming (Studying for hours the night before a quiz)

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True or False: Incidents that have a lot of energy or emotion to them tend to get moved to long term memory.

• True

• False

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