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2Q - Human Brain Flashcards

1
Q

A remarkably complex organ that controls all body functions, interprets information
from the outside world and embodies the essence of the mind and soul.

A

Brain

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2
Q

What protects the brain?

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Skull

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3
Q

Three parts that composes the brain?

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Cerebrum, Cerebellum, Brainstem

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4
Q

Generally a scientific discipline that studies behavior and mental processes

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Psychology

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5
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Studies the mind, how it works, and affects behavior

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Psychology

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6
Q

Branch of psychology that seeks to
understand how the brain affects behavior and mental processes is known as

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Biopsychology

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7
Q

Other names for “that” branch of psychology

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psychobiology or behavioral neuroscience

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8
Q

a railroad construction foreman
who suffered a devastating brain injury, also helped our understanding of how brain damage impacts us

A

Phineas Cage

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9
Q

Give functions of frontal lobe

A

Personality
Emotions
Intelligence
Attention/concentration
Judgment
Body movement
Problem-solving
Speech

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10
Q

PARIETAL LOBE functions?

A

Sense of touch, pain and
temperature
Distinguishing size, shape
and color
Spatial perception

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11
Q

OCCIPITAL LOBE function

A

Vision

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12
Q

TEMPORAL LOBE function?

A

Speech (understanding
language)
Memory hearing
Sequencing
Organization

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13
Q

CEREBELLUM function?

A

Balance coordination

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14
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BRAINSTEM functions?

A

Breathing
Heart rate
Alertness

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15
Q

injured FRONTAL LOBE

A

Loss of movement
Unable to focus
Mood swings
Irritability
Changes in social behavior
and personality
Difficulty with problem-solving
Aphasia

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16
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injured PARIETAL LOBE

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Difficulty distinguishing left
from right
Lack of awareness or neglect
of certain body parts
Difficulty with eye-hand
coordination
Problems with reading,
writing, naming
Difficulty with mathematics

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17
Q

injured OCCIPITAL LOBE

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Defects in vision or blind spots
Blurred vision
Visual illusions/hallucinations
Difficulty reading and writing

18
Q

injured TEMPORAL LOBE

A

Difficulty understanding
language and speaking
Difficulty recognizing faces
Difficulty identifying/naming
objects
Problems with short or long
term memory
Changes in sexual behavior
increased aggression

19
Q

injured CEREBELLUM

A

Difficulty coordinating fine
movements
Difficulty walking
Tremors
Dizziness
Slurred speech

20
Q

injured BRAINSTEM

A

Changes in breathing
Difficulty in swallowing
Problems with balance and
movement
Dizziness and nausea

21
Q

an American
physician and neuroscientist,
formulated the triune brain
concept in the 1960s.

A

Paul MacLean

22
Q

This brain
structure and function model is
based on three specific regions. THE THREE BRAINS ATTEMPTING TO WORK AS ONE

A

TRIUNE BRAIN

23
Q

Triune brain emerged in which order through evolution?

A

1) reptilian brain
2) limbic brain
3) neocortex

24
Q

What specific group of mental
processes is the three “brains” (triune) responsible for?

A

1) the fight-or-flight survival response and other primal activities
2) emotions, memories
3) rational thinking, and consciousness

25
Q

a neuropsychologist,
investigated the functions of separated
hemispheres of the human brain.

A

Roger Sperry

26
Q

The experiments were undertaken on people who had their __________ severed to treat severe epilepsy.

A

corpus callosum

27
Q

Who got Nobel Prize for psychology for his research?

A

Sperry shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1981 for his split-brain research.

28
Q

left hemisphere of the brain was responsible for

A

language understanding and articulation

29
Q

right hemisphere of the brain was responsible for

A

attention, memory, reasoning, and problem solving

30
Q

combined the Triune
Brain model of Paul McLean with the
Left/Right Brain hemisphere theory of
Roger Sperry

A

Ned Herrmann

31
Q

a model of the
human brain with two paired
structures, the two halves of the
cerebral system and the two halves of
the limbic system, which means we
have four basic thinking styles

A

WHOLE BRAIN

32
Q

the ultimate organizational thinking too

A

Mind Map

33
Q

route maps for memory, allowing you to organize facts and thoughts
in such a way that your brain’s natural way of working is engaged right from the start.

A

mind maps

34
Q

The lack of ability to create new memories due to removal of hippocampus

A

Anterograde amnesia

35
Q

______ suffered anterograde amnesia bc his ____ got removed

A

Patient HM (Henry)

36
Q

Math savant from injury

A

Jason Padgett

37
Q

Where did math savant hit his head

A

Back of his head

38
Q

Where is hippocampus?

A

Temporal lobe

39
Q

Full name of hm

A

Henry Molaison

40
Q

proponent of mind map

A

tony buzan (2005)

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