Chapter 14: Higher Order Functions

Question 1

What two portions of the cerebral cortex control speech?

Answer 1

Wernicke’s area - sensory speech (understanding what is heard and thinking of what one will say)

Broca - motor speech (sending messages to the appropriate muscles to make the sounds)

Question 2

arcuate fasciculus

Answer 2

the are that connects Wernicke’s and Broca’s area

Question 3

electroencephalogram

Answer 3

EEG

Question 4

What are the four types of brain waves

Answer 4

alpha

beta

theta

delta

Question 5

what are the five types of memory

Answer 5

working (task associated, transient)

short term (stored for a few minutes or a couple days)

long term (more stable synapses)

declaritive (facts)

procedural (reflexive)

Question 6

memory engram

Answer 6

or “memory trace” is a network of neurons and their pattern of activity probably involved in long-term retention of information, thoughts, and ideas.

Question 7

limbic system

Answer 7

influences emotions and how we react to certain situations

Question 8

pheromones

Answer 8

molecules released by one organism that have an affect on another organism

Question 9

hippocampus

Answer 9

links our limbic system to survival

Question 10

cingulate gyrus

Answer 10

links the limbic system to the satisfaction center