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KEY TERMS AND CONTRIBUTORS TO REMEMBER
nature–nurture issue, p. 4 glial cells (glia), p. 29 CT (computed tomography) scan,
Charles Darwin, p. 5 action potential, p. 29 p. 59
natural selection, p. 5 threshold, p. 30 PET (positron emission tomography),
p. 59
evolutionary psychology, p. 5 refractory period, p. 30 MRI (magnetic resonance imaging),
behavior genetics, p. 5 all-or-none response, p. 30 p. 59
mutation, p. 7 synapse [SIN-aps], p. 31 fMRI (functional MRI), p. 59
environment, p. 9 neurotransmitters, p. 31 hindbrain, p. 63
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heredity, p. 9 reuptake, p. 32 midbrain, p. 63
genes, p. 9 endorphins [en-DOR-fins], p. 34 forebrain, p. 65
genome, p. 9 agonist, p. 34 brainstem, p. 65
identical (monozygotic) twins, p. 11 antagonist, p. 34 medulla [muh-DUL-uh], p. 65
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fraternal (dizygotic) twins, p. 12 endocrine [EN-duh-krin] system, thalamus [THAL-uh-muss], p. 65
interaction, p. 15 p. 35 reticular formation, p. 65
epigenetics, p. 16 hormones, p. 36 cerebellum [sehr-uh-BELL-um], p. 65
nervous system, p. 22 psychoactive drug, p. 40 limbic system, p. 66
central nervous system (CNS), p. 22 substance use disorder, p. 40 amygdala [uh-MIG-duh-la], p. 66
peripheral nervous system (PNS), p. 22 depressants, p. 41 hypothalamus [hi-po-THAL-uh-muss],
nerves, p. 22 tolerance, p. 43 p. 67
sensory (afferent) neurons, p. 22 addiction, p. 43 hippocampus, p. 69
motor (efferent) neurons, p. 22 withdrawal, p. 43 cerebral [seh-REE-bruhl] cortex, p. 70
interneurons, p. 22 barbiturates, p. 44 frontal lobes, p. 71
somatic nervous system, p. 23 opioids, p. 44 parietal [puh-RYE-uh-tuhl] lobes,
autonomic [aw-tuh-NAHM-ik] stimulants, p. 45 p. 71
nervous system (ANS), p. 23 hallucinogens, p. 50 occipital [ahk-SIP-uh-tuhl] lobes,
sympathetic nervous system, p. 23 near-death experience, p. 50 p. 71
parasympathetic nervous system, biological psychology, p. 55 temporal lobes, p. 71
p. 23 biopsychosocial approach, p. 56 motor cortex, p. 72
reflex, p. 25 levels of analysis, p. 56 somatosensory cortex, p. 74
neuron, p. 28 neuroplasticity, p. 57 association areas, p. 75
cell body, p. 28 lesion [LEE-zhuhn], p. 58 neurogenesis, p. 81
dendrites, p. 28 EEG (electroencephalogram), p. 58 corpus callosum, p. 81
axon, p. 29 MEG (magnetoencephalography), Roger Sperry, p. 82
myelin [MY-uh-lin] sheath, p. 29 p. 58 Michael Gazzaniga, p. 82

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