What is stress?
The body's response to a perceived threat or challenge
What is the relationship between GAD and arousal?
Chronic stress can lead to exhaustion and an inability to resist the impact of stressors
What is the role of the amygdala, hypothalamus, and hippocampus in stress?
They are involved in the stress response
What are stimulants in relation to stress?
They are stressors that can lead to increased brain glucose consumption
What is Parkinson's disease?
A neurological disorder characterized by the loss of dopamine neurons in the substantia nigra of the basal ganglia
What are parasomnias?
Abnormal behaviors during sleep
What are dyssomnias?
Disorders that impact the quality and quantity of sleep
What is the kinesthetic sense?
Awareness of the movements of the body
What is somatosensation?
The sense of touch and proprioception
What is signal detection theory?
A theory that explains how we detect signals in the presence of noise
What is Weber's law?
The change in a stimulus required for it to be just noticeable is a constant ratio of the original stimulus
What are the receptors involved in olfaction?
Odorant-specific chemoreceptors that are GPCRs