Kelli has been diagnosed with early Alzheimer’s disease. She is likely to have better memory for

Jay is a participant in a study, during which his brain activity is recorded while looking at many repeated pictures of faces showing different emotions. Which type of technology is likely being used in this study?

If I told you that at one particular receptor, glutamate can open sodium gates which enables sodium ions to enter the postsynaptic cell, what kind of receptor would that be?

Dr. Jordan wants to selectively inactivate neurons that contain acetylcholine in a particular brain region. What lesioning technique should she use?

Dr. Mardell is using repeated transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) while participants are completing a memory task. Which type of methodology for investigating the relationship between the brain and behavior is Dr. Mardell using?

Dr. Dwayne’s lab studies the release of neurotransmitters in the brain during sleep and wakefulness. Which of the following is he most likely to observe?

Which brain area coordinates the other areas to regulate the sleep-wake cycle?

You’re being trained as a sleep technician, and your first job is to look at EEG printouts to determine sleep stages from last night’s patient. When you see mostly theta waves with occasional single, large spikes and some short, fast bursts of activity, you immediately recognize them as being signs of

Explain the integrated model of sleep and wakefulness (the brain structures that control the alternation between sleep and wakefulness). Answering in bullet points is fine so long as all the required information is included. Remember that re-typing the information from class slides or the textbook word-for-word without explanation or elaboration won’t earn credit; to earn full credit, explain the process using your own words.

Beth has been diagnosed with narcolepsy and occasionally is unable to move upon waking up in the morning. What narcoleptic symptom is this?