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Cognitive Psychology: A branch of psychology that examines internal mental processes such as problem solving, memory, and language.

Cognition: The process of knowing.

Psychology: The study of human behavior and the human mind.

Perception: The process of attaining awareness by interpreting information from the presentation of a stimulus.

Occipital Lobe: One of the four major divisions of the cerebrum of the brain, located at the back of the head that processes visual information.

Temporal Lobe: One of the four major divisions of the cerebrum of the brain, located behind the temples that processes auditory and visual information.

Frontal Lobe: One of the four major divisions of the cerebrum of the brain, located behind the forehead. It is involved with higher cognitive processes, such as decision making, control, and personality.

Parietal Lobe: One of the four major divisions of the cerebrum of the brain. It deals with representing space and relationships in space.

Sympathetic Nervous System: The part of the autonomic nervous system that under stress raises blood pressure and heart rate, constricts blood vessels and dilates the pupils.

Parasympathetic Nervous System: One of the divisions of the autonomic nervous system, based between the brain and the spinal cord, that slows the heart and relaxes muscles.

Neuron: A cell that can be excited to transmit a signal.

Interneuron: Any neuron that communicates only with other neurons. It's role is to transmit signal.

Motor Neuron: A neuron located in the central nervous system that projects its axon outside the CNS and directly or indirectly control muscles.

Sensory Neuron: A neuron that transmits input from sensory organs.

Glial Cells: Glial cells are non-neuronal cells in the brain which form myelin and are in charge of the care and feeding of neurons.

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