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NewsLink: Homeostasis

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 Homeostasis 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. 

1. What keyword did you search?

2. What is the article about?

3. How was the research conducted?

4. What results caught your eye?

5. What conclusions can you draw?

6. What is the link to your article?

Key Terms

adipose tissue

aldosterone

allostasis

angiotensin II (AII)

anorexia nervosa

anorexigenic neurons

arcuate nucleus

atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP)

baroreceptor

basal metabolism

binge eating

bulimia

cholecystokinin (CCK)

circumventricular organ

diabetes mellitus

diffusion

ectotherm

endocannabinoid

endotherm

enterotype

epigenetic transmission

extracellular compartment

fecal transplantation

ghrelin

glucagon

glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1)

glucodetector

glucose

glycogen

gut microbiota

homeostasis

hypovolemic thirst

insulin

intracellular compartment

ketone

lateral hypothalamus (LH)

leptin

lipid

microbiome

motivation

negative feedback

NPY neuron

nucleus of the solitary tract (NST)

nutrient

orexigenic neurons

orexin

osmosensory neuron

osmosis

osmotic pressure

osmotic thirst

paraventricular nucleus (PVN)

POMC neuron

PYY3-36

set point

set zone

thermoregulation

vasopressin

ventromedial hypothalamus (VMH)