What is the function of the pons?
Sets the ventilatory rate via control of the tidal volume
Which hemisphere is language lateralized to?
The left hemisphere
What is NMDA?
A type of glutamate receptor
What are the primary drives controlled by the hypothalamus?
Food, sex, and hunger
What is the function of the thalamus?
It acts as a sensory relay, except for smell
What is the function of the parietal lobe?
It is responsible for proprioception and somatosensation
What happens to the brain during sleep?
The prefrontal cortex decreases in activity, the amygdala and hippocampus are active
What is the role of the SCN in the hypothalamus?
It regulates the circadian pacemaker and pineal gland activity
What is REM rebound?
The increased amount of REM sleep following a period of insufficient REM sleep
What is motion parallax?
The perception that objects closer to you move faster than objects farther away
What is the relationship between cognitive aging and a person's ability to retrieve general information?
Cognitive aging does not diminish a person's ability to retrieve general information
What is the Malthusian theory of population growth/decline?
It posits that population growth is controlled by preventative checks (reducing birth rates) and positive checks (increasing death rates)