Key Terminology

5. The gap between the dendrites of one neuron and the next.
7. During REM sleep, when no information enters through the sense.
8. The electrical signal that travels from the cell body of a neuron to the terminal buttons where it releases the neurotransmitter.
9. The state, during REM sleep, when the body is paralysed and there is no movement.
10. A cell in the body, including in the brain, that sends information using both electrical and chemical processes.

1. A method used by Freud in psychoanalysis where the patient is encourage to express a flow of consciousness. The process helps to uncover links which can then be interpreted.
2. Freud's therapy, designed to help release unconscious thoughts.
3. When something that seems to be unimportant in the dream is made central, to shift attention from what is really important.
4. When many thoughts and elements from the unconscious are represented in the dream in one symbol.
6. During REM sleep, when neurons are active randomly not deliberately.