UC BERKELEY COGSCI 1 MIDTERM SUMMER
ACTUAL 2026 QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
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Terms in this set (271)
What is Cognitive Science? interdisciplinary study of the mind and intelligence.
Cognition as information processing
manipulation of representations
Phineas Gage (Case Study) Phineas Gage: railroad worker who survived a brain
injury that changed his personality and behavior;
case study examined the localization of brain
function: frontal lobe controls personality and
behavior
, Synapse space between neurons through which they
communicate, through either electrical or chemical
signals
Action potential flow and exchange of ions and potassium in
response to a stimulus - the change in electrical
potential associated with the passage of an impulse
along the membrane of a muscle cell or nerve cell.
They are transmitted to the dendrites of other
neurons at synapses.
3 parts of a neuron axon, cell body (includes nucleus), dendrites
what are the two types of brain lesion studies and case study method
damage techniques?
Angiography useful in detecting certain disorders associated with
abnormalities in the arteries of the brain.
CT scan a series of x-ray photographs taken from different
angles and combined by computer into a composite
representation of a slice through the body, non
invasive, average temporal resolution, low spatial
resolution
ACTUAL 2026 QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS
Play your way to mastery with fun games
Match Blocks Charms NEW
Terms in this set (271)
What is Cognitive Science? interdisciplinary study of the mind and intelligence.
Cognition as information processing
manipulation of representations
Phineas Gage (Case Study) Phineas Gage: railroad worker who survived a brain
injury that changed his personality and behavior;
case study examined the localization of brain
function: frontal lobe controls personality and
behavior
, Synapse space between neurons through which they
communicate, through either electrical or chemical
signals
Action potential flow and exchange of ions and potassium in
response to a stimulus - the change in electrical
potential associated with the passage of an impulse
along the membrane of a muscle cell or nerve cell.
They are transmitted to the dendrites of other
neurons at synapses.
3 parts of a neuron axon, cell body (includes nucleus), dendrites
what are the two types of brain lesion studies and case study method
damage techniques?
Angiography useful in detecting certain disorders associated with
abnormalities in the arteries of the brain.
CT scan a series of x-ray photographs taken from different
angles and combined by computer into a composite
representation of a slice through the body, non
invasive, average temporal resolution, low spatial
resolution
