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What is the brain?

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The organ in the head made up of nerves that processes information controls our behaviour

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What is the brain part of?

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Central nervous system

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How does the brain communicate with the rest of the body?

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Via the brainstem which is connected to the spinal cord

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What is the function of the brain stem?

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Controls are reflexes

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What are the bumps on the outer cortex called?

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Gyri

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How many hemispheres does the brain have?

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What are the five parts of the brain?

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  • frontal lobe
  • parietal lobe
  • occipital lobe
  • cerebellum
  • temporal lobe
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Name the functions of the frontal lobe.

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  • planning of movements
  • recent memories
  • decision making and impulse control
  • some emotions - aggression
  • reasoning and personality
  • Broca’s area
  • motor cortex
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Name the function of the parietal lobe.

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  • processing information
  • helps us with perception and recognises smells and tastes
  • helps us too read and write
  • sensory cortex
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Name the function of the occipital lobe.

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  • ability to see
  • visual cortex is located here
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Name the function of the cerebellum.

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  • automatic skill function - riding a bike, writing
  • vital role in movement, co-ordination and balance
  • takes ingot from our senses and spinal corn and sorts of the brain
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In the function of the temporal lobe.

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  • helps us with hearing and creating speech
  • controls memory function
  • language and comprehension
  • recognise faces
  • auditory cortex
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What study supports the role of the frontal lobe?

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Phineas gage

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What is lateralisation of function?

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Each hemisphere of the brain does a different job/role

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What is an asymmetrical function?

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Both sides of the brain are not a mirror image of each other. Each hemisphere controls different functions, or plays a large or smaller role in particular behaviour-they are not equal in what they do

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Name the functions of the left hemisphere.

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Controls the right side of the body and functions
- sensory stimulus from the right side of body
- Motor control of right side of body
- speech, language and comprehension
- Analysis and calculations
- Time and sequencing
- Recognition of words, letters and numbers

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Name the functions of the right hemisphere.

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Controls left side of the body and functions
- sensory stimulus from left side of body
- Motor control of left side of body
- creativity
- spatial ability
- context/perception
- Recognition of faces, places and objects

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What is the corpus callosum?

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Nerve fibres connecting the two hemispheres of the brain, so they can communicate and the brain can function as one complete organ

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What is broca’s area?

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This is responsible for converting thought into speech. Located in the frontal lobe in the left hemisphere

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What did Harasty find about females in lateralisation?

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They had a bigger broca’s area

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What did Rilea find about males in lateralisation?

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Then we are better at spatial awareness tasks

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What does a female brain do differently to males?

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They have a stick at corpus callosum to the brain hemispheres communicate more

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What does a male brain do differently to a females?

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Dominant hemisphere (right)

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What happens if the pre-frontal cortex is damaged?

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  • means people may not be able to function in the normal way
  • makes it difficult for some people to control emotions and can lead to personality change
  • make some people are more likely to commit crime
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What did Raine find?

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Found damage/less activity to pre-frontal cortex in murderers, then non-murders

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What is agnosia?

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Inability to interpret and recognise sensations, can be via touch, smell, sight, etc

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What is visual agnosia?

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Inability to recognise things you see

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What are some symptoms of visual agnosia?

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  • not able to recognise colour
  • unable to name objects or recognise them
  • unable to recognise familiar places
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Which part of the brain is responsible for perception? (Agnosia)

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Parietal lobe

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What is prosopagnosia?

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Face blindness. It is the inability to recognise faces, even though they can be seen

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What are the symptoms of prosopagnosia?

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  • unable to identify faces
  • find all faces look the same
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What is the central nervous system?

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Release messages from the brain to the body

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What is the peripheral nervous system?

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Nerves-connect to release messages from the CNS to the rest of the body

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What are neurons?

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(Nerve cells) release chemicals Codnor are transmitted, which past messages from one cell to another

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What is synaptic transmission?

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Neurons release neurotransmitters, and then move up the synaptic and are taken up by another neuron

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What is the synapse?

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The gap between neurons

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What is the axon?

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The long structure that connects the cell body of the neuron to the terminal button at the end of the cell

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What are the vesicles?

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Small sacs containing neurotransmitters

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What is the terminal button?

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The end of the neuron, which has vesicles which hold the neurotransmitters

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What are the receptors?

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Special sites or neurons that are designed to absorb neurotransmitters

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What does dopamine do?

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Helps people with attention and learning

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What does serotonin do?

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Play a role in the mood

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What does GABA do?

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Plays a role in calming us down to help relax is when we are stressed

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