Name: _____________________________
Date: ________________________
AP Psychology
Reading Assignment
1. What is considered to be the most complex machine in the human body
2. Philosophers believe what about comprehension
3. Brain cells can do what even when the human body matures
4. Due to experience, what does the brain do
5. Give three (3) characteristics of what a mature adults brain is
a.
b.
c.
6. What have neuroscientists discovered that the brain does throughout life
7. Naturally __________________________ is the adult human brain can spur the production of
new nerve cells in some instances
8. Multipotent neural stem cells that divide give rise to other cells that can grow up to be
_________________ cells or support cells named _____________________________
9. _______________________ an insulin like growth factor plays an important role in keeping cells
alive and encouraging them to mature and become functional
10. Neurons for in fluid filled cavities called
11. A ___________________________ occurs when a clot restricts blood flow to part of the brain,
cutting off the oxygen supply and killing neurons
12. What is known to restrict the number of newly generated neurons
13. The role that neurons play in ________________________________ has less to do with the birth
of the cell and more to do with how the new or existing cells connect to one another
14. ______________________________ can regulate cell division
15. Because of activating neurogenesis what can lift depression in humans
16. What helps newborn neurons live
17. Epidermal growth would attack what potential disease(s)
18. The function of ___________________________________ prompts motor neurons to sprout new
branches
19. IGF would be manufactured by what company to help fight ALS
20. The risk of _____________________________ might be accepted by someone who has
Huntington, Alzheimer’s or Parkinson in order to get treatment
21. What might be the best way to augment brain function
22. What happened to adult mice who were moved from a simple cage to one that was more open and
had running wheels and toys
23. _____________________________________ cells are essential for neurons to communicate with
one another because they insulate the long axons between neurons
24. According to a hypothesis in the article, what is depression cause by
25. The most important factor believed to be the cause of depression is
_________________________ aside from genetic predisposition
26. The olfactory bulb requires so many neurons because the hippocampus needs them for what
27. What has the potential to make any cell in the body
28. It takes _________ month(s) from when a new neuron is formed until it becomes fully functional
29. Neurogenesis is what
30. In someone who suffers from Parkinson’s disease, what does the brain stop producing
31. Identify six (6) things that can all regenerate growth in or on the body
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
32. With enhancing the human brain, what will come of that ability
33. What has the possibility of initiating neurogenesis
34. ___________________________ attempts to deduce how the brain works
35. We are nowhere near understanding the nature of __________________________________