Biology-Information Processing - Middle School

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  1. automatic
    without volition or conscious control
  2. brain
    the organ that is the center of the nervous system
  3. brain stem
    the part of the brain continuous with the spinal cord and comprising the medulla oblongata and pons and midbrain and parts of the hypothalamus
  4. cerebellum
    a major division of the vertebrate brain
  5. cerebrum
    anterior part of the brain consisting of two hemispheres
  6. chunking
    (psychology) the configuration of smaller units of information into large coordinated units
  7. cognition
    the psychological result of perception and reasoning
  8. context
    the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation
  9. cue
    a stimulus that provides information about what to do
  10. episodic memory
    memory for episodes in your own life
  11. equilibrium
    a sensory system that registers the orientation of the head
  12. ganglion
    an encapsulated collection of nerve cell bodies
  13. impulse
    the electrical discharge that travels along a nerve fiber
  14. inhibition
    process whereby nerves prevent the functioning of an organ
  15. interference
    the act of hindering or obstructing or impeding
  16. long-term memory
    your general store of remembered information
  17. memory
    the cognitive process whereby past experience is remembered
  18. mnemonic
    of or relating to the practice of aiding the memory
  19. nerve
    a bundle of fibers running to organs and tissues of the body
  20. nervous system
    the sensory and control apparatus consisting of a network of nerve cells
  21. neuron
    a cell that is specialized to conduct nerve impulses
  22. neurotransmitter
    a neurochemical that transmits nerve impulses across a synapse
  23. perception
    the process of becoming aware through the senses
  24. reaction time
    the time that elapses between a stimulus and the response to it
  25. recall
    summon knowledge from memory
  26. receptor
    a cellular structure that connects with a specific chemical agent
  27. recognition
    identifying something or someone by remembering
  28. reflex
    an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus
  29. refractory period
    (neurology) the time after a neuron fires or a muscle fiber contracts during which a stimulus will not evoke a response
  30. response
    a bodily process due to the effect of some stimulus
  31. retrieval
    the mental process of accessing information stored in one's memory
  32. semantic memory
    your memory for meanings and general (impersonal) facts
  33. sense
    the faculty through which the world is perceived
  34. sensory receptor
    an organ having nerve endings that respond to stimulation
  35. short-term memory
    what you can repeat immediately after perceiving it
  36. signal
    a quantity whose modulation represents coded information
  37. signal detection
    the detection that a signal is being received
  38. spinal cord
    a major part of the central nervous system which conducts sensory and motor nerve impulses to and from the brain; a long tubelike structure extending from the base of the brain through the vertebral canal to the upper lumbar region
  39. stimulus
    any information or event that acts to arouse action
  40. storage
    the act of keeping something for future use
  41. synapse
    the junction between two neurons
  42. transmit
    serve as the medium for sending something
Created on Tue Jan 31 21:28:27 EST 2017 (updated Thu Apr 06 10:40:26 EDT 2017)

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