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Damage to the back of the brain

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Disrupts vision

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Damage to the left front part produces

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Speech difficulties

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Lesion

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Tissue destruction. A brain lesion is a naturally or experimentally caused destructions of brain tissue

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Damage to one area of the hypothalamus reduces

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Eating and damage in another causes over-eating

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Electroencephalogram (EEG)

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An amplified recording of the waves of electrical activity that sweep across the brain’s surface. These waves are measured by electrodes placed on the scalp

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CT (computed tomography) scan

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A series of x-Ray photographs taken from different angles and combined by computer into a composite representation of a slice through the body

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PET (position emission tomography) scan

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A visual display of brain activity that detects where a radioactive form a glucose goes while the brain performs a given task

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Neurons are

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Glucose hogs

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MRI (magnetic resonance imaging)

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A technique that uses magnetic fields and radio waves to produce computer-generated images of soft tissue. MRI scans show brain activity

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Musicians who have perfect pitch

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Have a larger neural area in the left hemisphere of their brain

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Patients who have schizophrenia have

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Fluid-filled brain areas

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FMRI (functional MRI)

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A technique for revealing blood flow and, therefore, brain activity by comparing successive MRI scans show brain function

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In humans the brain represents

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1/45th of the human body

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Brainstem

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The oldest part and central core of the brain, beginning where the spinal cord swells as it enters the skull; the Brainstem is responsible for automatic survival functions

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Medulla

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The base of the Brainstem; controls heartbeat and breathing

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Reticular formation

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A nerve network in the brain Mayen that plays an important role in controlling arousal

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Thalamus

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The brain’s sensory switchboard, located at the top of the Brainstem; it directs messages to the sensory receiving areas in the cortex and transmits replies to the cerebellum and mendulla

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Cerebellum

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The “little brain” at the rear of the Brainstem; functions include processing sensory input and coordinating movement output and balance

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Limbic system

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Doughnut-shaped neural system (including the hippocampus, amygdala, and hypothalamus) located below the cerebral hemispheres; associated with emotion and drives

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The amygdala

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Two Lima bean-size neural clusters in the limbic system; linked to emotion

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A slight disturbance of the amygdala can make an

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Ill-tempered creature became calm and placid

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Hypothalamus

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A neural structure lying below the thalamus; it directs several maintenance activities (eating, drinking, body temperature), helps govern the endocrine system via the pituitary gland, and is linked to the emotion and reward

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Pleasure

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Motivates someone more than anything else

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Animals have built-in systems

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That reward activities essential to survival

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Reward deficiency syndrome

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A genetically disposed deficiency in the natural brain systems for pleasure and well-being that leads people to crave whatever provides that kissing pleasure or relieves negative feelings

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cerebrum

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The two large hemispheres that contribute 85% of the brain’s weight

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Cerebral cortex

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A thin surface layer of interconnected neural cells

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As we move up the animal ladder of life,

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The cerebral cortex expands, tight genetic controls relax, and the organism’s adaptability increases

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The cerebral cortex contains

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20-23 billion nerve Ella and 300 synaptic connections

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Glial cells

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Cells in the nervous system that support, nourish, and protect neurons

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Moving up the ladder of animal life, the proportions

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Of glia to neurons increases

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Lobes

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Geographic subdivisions

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Fissures

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Folds

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Frontal lobes

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Portions of the cerebral cortex lying just behind the forehead; involved in speaking and muscle movements and in making plans and judgements

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Parietal lobes

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Portion of the cerebral cortex lying at the top of the head and toward the rear; receives sensory input for touch and body position

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Occipital lobes

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Portion of the cerebral cortex lying at the back of the head; includes areas that receive information front the visual fields

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Temporal lobes

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Portion of the cerebral cortex lying roughly above the ears; includes the auditory areas, each receiving information primarily form the opposite ear

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Motor cortex

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An area at the rear of the frontal lobes that controls voluntary movements

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Body areas requiring precise control, such as fingers and mouth,

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Occupied the greatest amount of cortical space

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By monitoring the motor cortex

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We are able to predict movements or speech

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Sensory cortex

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Area at the front of the parietal lobes that registers and processes body touch and movement sensations

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The more sensitive the body region,

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The larger the sensory cortex area devoted to it

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Associated areas

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Areas of the cerebral cortex that are not involved in higher mental functions such as learning, remembering, thinking, and speaking

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Frontal lobes enable

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Judgement, planning, and processing of new memories

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Damage to the frontal lobe

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Can also alter personality

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The parietal lobes enable

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Mathematical and spatial reasoning

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Damage to the parietal lobes

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would make you unable to identify a person you’re familiar with

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Aphasia

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Impairment of language m, usually caused by left hemisphere damage either to Broca’s area (impairing speaking) or to Wernick’s area (impairing understanding)

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Damage to Broca’s area

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Disrupts speaking

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Damage to Wernicke’s area

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Also disrupts understanding

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Damage to the angular gyrus leaves a person able to

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Speak and understand, but unable to read aloud

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Nerve fibers

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Interconnect these areas

53
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When you read aloud the words

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Register in the visual area, are related to a second brain area, the angular gyrus, which transforms the words into an auditory code that is received and understood in nearby Wernicke’s area, and is sent to Broca’s area which controls to motor cortex as it creates the pronounced words

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Plasticity

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The brainMa ability to change, especially during childhood, by reorganizing after damaging or by building new pathways based on experience

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Some of the brain’s neural tissue

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Can reorganize in response to damage

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Constraint-induced therapy

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Aims to require brain’s by rest ringing a fully functioning limb and forcing use of the “bad hand” or the uncooperative leg

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Deaf people have

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Advance peripheral vision

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Stroking the arm f someone who’s hand has been amputated can also

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Make them feel sensations in their nonexistent fingers

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Adult mice and humans can

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Regenerate new brain cells

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Neurogenesis

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The formation of new neurons

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Damage on one side f the brain causes paralysis on the

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Body’s opposite side

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