LIMBIC SYSTEM

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  1. 3. What is the process of acquiring new knowledge, skills, or behaviors through experience or education?
  2. 5. Which emotional response is triggered by perceived danger or threat, leading to a fight-or-flight reaction?
  3. 6. This part of the brain regulates and manages hormones, body temperature, blood pressure, etc.
  4. 8. What brain function is primarily associated with the hippocampus and involves storing and recalling information?
  5. 10. Which biological process is essential for the continuation of a species?
  6. 13. This sense does not pass through thalamus and has a direct pathway.
  7. 15. Sea horse shaped structure essential for formation of new memories and recall old ones.
  8. 17. What is the process called by which the limbic system stabilizes a memory trace after its initial acquisition, making it more resistant to interference?
  9. 19. Which part of the brain is involved in processing emotions and regulating behavior?
  10. 20. Which group of nuclei in the brain is associated with motor control and coordination?
  11. 22. Opposite of fight in stress response.
  12. 23. Amygdala is located in each left and right of this lobe.
  13. 27. What term describes the observable signs of emotion on a person’s face, often controlled by the motor cortex?
  14. 28. Which brain structure acts as the relay center for sensory information?
  15. 29. What term describes the emotional and physiological connection that develops between a mother and her offspring, a process influenced by the limbic system?
  16. 30. The scientist who first named the "le grand lobe limbique".
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  1. 1. What term refers to the heightened state of physiological and psychological activation, often involving the amygdala, that enhances the encoding of emotionally charged memories?
  2. 2. Which part of the brain connects the cerebrum to the spinal cord and controls vital functions like breathing and heart rate?
  3. 4. It consists of two horns curving back from the amygdala.
  4. 7. What is the term for the voluntary actions controlled by the motor cortex and influenced by neurotransmitters like acetylcholine?
  5. 9. What term describes actions that are intended to cause harm or assert dominance over another?
  6. 11. What mental state is processed by the amygdala and is associated with feelings such as fear, happiness, and anger?
  7. 12. What is the general name for the chemical substances that transmit signals across synapses between neurons?
  8. 14. Which type of memory, essential for navigation and understanding one’s environment, is primarily supported by the hippocampus within the limbic system?
  9. 16. Emotional center of the brain that is almond-shaped.
  10. 18. Which neurotransmitter is associated with pleasure, reward, and motivation in the brain?
  11. 21. Which component of the nervous system, regulated by the hypothalamus within the limbic system, controls involuntary bodily functions such as heart rate and digestion?
  12. 24. What is the outermost layer of the brain responsible for higher-order functions like thinking and decision-making?
  13. 25. The scientist who named the "limbic lobe".
  14. 26. The amygdala is a vital component of this brain system.