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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 Neurophysiology 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 (bullets preferred). 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

absolute refractory phase

acetylcholine (ACh)

acetylcholinesterase (AChE)

action potential

afterpotential

agonist

all-or-none property

anion

antagonist

aura

axo-axonic synapse

axo-dendritic synapse

axon hillock

axo-somatic synapse

bungarotoxin

calcium ion (Ca2+)

cation

cell membrane

chloride ion (Cl–)

cholinergic

complex partial seizure

conduction velocity

curare

degradation

dendro-dendritic synapse

depolarization

diffusion

electroencephalogram (EEG)

electrostatic pressure

epilepsy

equilibrium potential

event-related potential (ERP)

excitatory postsynaptic potential (EPSP)

extracellular fluid

hyperpolarization

inhibitory postsynaptic potential (IPSP)

intracellular fluid

ion

ion channel

knee-jerk reflex

ligand

local potential

microelectrode

millivolt (mV)

multiple sclerosis (MS)

myelin

neurophysiology

neurotransmitter

neurotransmitter receptor

node of Ranvier

postsynaptic

postsynaptic potential

potassium ion (K+)

presynaptic

refractory

relative refractory phase

resting potential

reuptake

saltatory conduction

seizure

selective permeability

simple partial seizure

sodium ion (Na+)

sodium-potassium pump

spatial summation

synaptic cleft

synaptic delay

synaptic vesicle

temporal summation

threshold

tonic-clonic seizure

transporter

voltage-gated Na+ channel