This assignment will help you make connections between the science of biopsychology and your daily life, and keep you apprised of the latest developments in the field. You will search BioPsychology NewsLink (3e.mindsmachine.com/news) for a media article related to the Structure and Function chapter. You can search by keyword using the chapter’s key terms in the list below, or click on the links by chapter. You can also enter one of the keywords on Google (news tab). Once you find a layperson article you’re interested in, complete your journal entry by answering the six assignment questions.
Assignment
The journal is not a paper! Aim for one sentence per prompt. Work offline in a word processing program, but cut and paste your answers into the text box. Kindly do not attach a document.
- What keyword did you search?
- What is the article about?
- How was the research conducted?
- What results caught your eye?
- What conclusions can you draw?
- What is the link to your article?
Key Terms
afferent
amygdala
anterior
arachnoid
astrocyte
autonomic nervous system
autoradiography
axon
axon collateral
axon hillock
axon terminal
axonal transport
basal
basal ganglia
behavioral intervention
between-participants experiment
bipolar neuron
blood-brain barrier
brainstem
causality
cell body
central nervous system (CNS)
central sulcus
cerebellum
cerebral arteries
cerebral cortex
cerebral hemisphere
cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)
cervical
choroid plexus
cingulate gyrus
coccygeal
computerized axial tomography (CAT or CT)
conduction zone
conserved
contralateral
coronal plane
control group
corpus callosum
cortical column
cranial nerve
dendrite
dependent variable
diencephalon
diffusion tensor imaging (DTI)
distal
dorsal
dura mater
edema
forebrain
fornix
fourth ventricle
frontal lobe
functional MRI (fMRI)
glial cells
glymphatic system
gray matter
gross neuroanatomy
gyrus
hindbrain
hippocampus
histology
horizontal plane
hydrocephalus
hypothalamus
immunohistochemistry (IHC)
in situ hybridization
independent variable
inferior
inferior colliculi
innervate
input zone
integration zone
interneuron
ipsilateral
lateral
lateral ventricle
level of analysis
limbic system
lumbar
magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
magnetoencephalography (MEG)
medial
medulla
meninges
meningioma
meningitis
microglial cells
midbrain
motor nerve
motor neuron
multipolar neuron
myelin
nerve
neural tube
neuron
neuroplasticity
neurotransmitter
neurotransmitter receptor
Nissel stain
node of Ranvier
nucleus
occipital lobe
olfactory bulb
oligodendrocyte
output zone
parasympathetic nervous system
parietal lobe
periaqueductal gray
peripheral nervous system
pia mater
pons
positron emission tomography (PET)
postcentral gyrus
posterior
postsynaptic
postsynaptic membrane
precentral gyrus
presynaptic
presynaptic membrane
proximal
pyramidal cell
reticular formation
sacral
sagittal plane
Schwann cell
sensory nerve
sensory neuron
somatic intervention
somatic nervous system
spinal nerve
stroke
substantia nigra
sulcus
superior
superior colliculi
Sylvian fissure
sympathetic nervous system
synapse
synaptic cleft
synaptic vesicle
tectum
tegmentum
telencephalon
temporal lobe
thalamus
third ventricle
thoracic
tract
transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)
transient ischemic attack (TIA)
unipolar neuron
ventral
ventricular system
white matter
within-participants experiment
