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PSY 101 CH:2 Brain
Chapter 2 The Brain
Question | Answer |
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A pseudoscientific theory of the brain that claimed that personality characteristics, moral character, and intelligence could be determined by examining the bump on a persons skull | Phrenology |
the brains ability to change function and structure greek word meaning quality of being easily shaped or molded | Plasticity |
refers to the brains ability to shift functions from damaged to undamaged brain areas | Functional Plasticity |
refers to the brains ability to physically change its structure in response to learning, active practice, or environmental stimulation | Structural Plasticity |
a region at the base of the brain that contains several structures that regulate basic life functions | Hind Brain |
a hindbrain structure that controls vital life functions, such as breathing and circulation | Medulla |
a hindbrain structure that connects the medulla to the two sides of the cerebellum: helps coordinate and integrate movements on each side of the body | Pons |
A large, two-sided hindbrain structure at the back of the brain: responsible for muscle coordination and maintaing posture and equilibrium | Cerebellum |
A network of nerve fibers located in the center of the medulla that helps regulate attention, arousal, and sleep: also called the reticula activating system | Reticula Formation |
the wrinkled outer portion of the forebrain, which contains the most sophisticated brain center | Cerebral Cortex |
a thick band of axons that connects the two cerebral hemispheres and acts as a communication link between them | Corpus Callosum |
the larges lobe of each cerebral hemisphere: processes voluntary muscle movements and involved in thinking, planning, and emotional control | Frontal Lobe |
an area on each hemisphere of the cerebral cortex located above the temporal lobe that process somatic sensations | Parietal Lobe |
is an area of the brain that processes input from various systems in the body that are sensitive to touch | Somatosensory Cortex |
an area at the back of each cerebral hemisphere that is the primary receiving area for visual information | Occipital Lobe |
an area on each hemisphere of the cerebral cortex near the temples that is the primary receiving area for auditory information | Temporal Lobe |
a group of forebrain structures that form a border around the brainstem and are involved in emotion, motivation, learning, and memory | Limbic System |
a curved forebrain structure that is part of the limbic system and is involved in learning and forming new memories | Hippocampus(or as i like to say "Hippocampass" |
a forebrain structure that processes sensory information for all senses except smell, and relays it to the cerebral cortex | Thalamus |
a peanut sized forebrain structure that is part of the limbic system and regulates behaviors related to survival such as eating, drinking, and sexual activity | Hypothalamus |
almond-shaped cluster of neurons in the brains temporal love, involved in memory and emotional responses, especially fear | Amygdale |
this hemisphere of your brain deals with language? | Left Hemisphere of the Brain |
found that damage to the lower left frontal lobe plays a crucial role in speech | Broca |
Discovered another area int the left hemisphere that, when damaged, produced a great difficulty in patients to understand spoken word or written communication | Wernicke |
refers to the partial or complete inability to articulate ideas or understand spoken or written language because of brain injury or damage | Aphasia |
this hemisphere of the brain is dominant in geometric patterns, faces,emotional expression, non language sounds, music, nonverbal memory, emotional tone of speech | Right Hemisphere |
we use 10% of our brain. The human brain can multitask are all....? | Brain Myths |