2Q - Human Brain

Question 1

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

Answer 1

Brain

Question 2

What protects the brain?

Answer 2

Skull

Question 3

Three parts that composes the brain?

Answer 3

Cerebrum, Cerebellum, Brainstem

Question 4

Generally a scientific discipline that studies behavior and mental processes

Answer 4

Psychology

Question 5

Studies the mind, how it works, and affects behavior

Answer 5

Psychology

Question 6

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

Answer 6

Biopsychology

Question 7

Other names for “that” branch of psychology

Answer 7

psychobiology or behavioral neuroscience

Question 8

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

Answer 8

Phineas Cage

Question 9

Give functions of frontal lobe

Answer 9

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

Question 10

PARIETAL LOBE functions?

Answer 10

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

Question 11

OCCIPITAL LOBE function

Answer 11

Vision

Question 12

TEMPORAL LOBE function?

Answer 12

Speech (understanding
language)
Memory hearing
Sequencing
Organization

Question 13

CEREBELLUM function?

Answer 13

Balance coordination

Question 14

BRAINSTEM functions?

Answer 14

Breathing
Heart rate
Alertness

Question 15

injured FRONTAL LOBE

Answer 15

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

Question 16

injured PARIETAL LOBE

Answer 16

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

Question 17

injured OCCIPITAL LOBE

Answer 17

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

Question 18

injured TEMPORAL LOBE

Answer 18

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

Question 19

injured CEREBELLUM

Answer 19

Difficulty coordinating fine
movements
Difficulty walking
Tremors
Dizziness
Slurred speech

Question 20

injured BRAINSTEM

Answer 20

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

Question 21

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

Answer 21

Paul MacLean

Question 22

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

Answer 22

TRIUNE BRAIN

Question 23

Triune brain emerged in which order through evolution?

Answer 23

1) reptilian brain
2) limbic brain
3) neocortex

Question 24

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

Answer 24

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

Question 25

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

Answer 25

Roger Sperry

Question 26

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

Answer 26

corpus callosum

Question 27

Who got Nobel Prize for psychology for his research?

Answer 27

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

Question 28

left hemisphere of the brain was responsible for

Answer 28

language understanding and articulation

Question 29

right hemisphere of the brain was responsible for

Answer 29

attention, memory, reasoning, and problem solving

Question 30

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

Answer 30

Ned Herrmann

Question 31

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

Answer 31

WHOLE BRAIN

Question 32

the ultimate organizational thinking too

Answer 32

Mind Map

Question 33

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.

Answer 33

mind maps

Question 34

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

Answer 34

Anterograde amnesia

Question 35

______ suffered anterograde amnesia bc his ____ got removed

Answer 35

Patient HM (Henry)

Question 36

Math savant from injury

Answer 36

Jason Padgett

Question 37

Where did math savant hit his head

Answer 37

Back of his head

Question 38

Where is hippocampus?

Answer 38

Temporal lobe

Question 39

Full name of hm

Answer 39

Henry Molaison

Question 40

proponent of mind map

Answer 40

tony buzan (2005)