Name and Describe Three of the Brain's Networks

question 98

Essay

Name and describe three of the brain's networks. For each network, describe a specific instance of a situation from the past day or two in which the network may have been especially active in your brain.

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Definitions:

Flashing Blue Light

Often used in emergency vehicles, signaling urgency and alerting others to give way, also studied for its effects on the human brain and body.

Classical Conditioning

An associative learning process where two stimuli are constantly paired together; the second stimulus initially causes a response which in time is caused by the first stimulus alone.

Acquisition

The phase during learning when a response is established and gradually strengthened.

Stimulus Generalization

The process by which a response that has been learned to one stimulus is also elicited by similar, but not identical, stimuli.