What is the main purpose of the nervous system?
Which sense uses chemoreceptors?
Which sense allows a person to sense pain?
Which sense allows you to sense perfume?
Which sense uses photoreceptors?
Which sense uses mechanoreceptors?
Which sense responds to light?
Scientists have found that chemoreceptors have strong connections to the hippocampus (the part of the brain involved in emotion and memory). This means strong memories or emotions can be stimulated by _________. (You can choose more than one.)
What is the gap between neurons called?
What are the chemicals that carry the message from one neuron to the next across the gap called?
Sensory receptors receive information about a __________.
When a muscle gets the message from the brain to swat a mosquito away it is a _________.
How does a message get from a sensory receptor to the brain?
Memories are created through_____.
Which example would most likely result in the strongest memory?
Which method highlighted in this chapter was shown as the most effective way to study for a test?
Messages travel to and from the brain through cells called __________.
Which of the following things affect how memories are formed? (You can choose more than one.)