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Phrenology

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German physician Franz Gall’s theory that claimed bumps in the skull could reveal our mental abilities and our character traits

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Everything ________ is simultaneously __________.

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Psychological, biological

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Biological Psychology

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Branch of psychology concerned with the links between biology and behavior

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Neuron

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A nerve cell; the basic building block of the nervous system

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Dendrite

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Tag bushy, branching extensions of a neuron that receive messages and conduct impulses toward the cell body.

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Axon

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The extension of a neuron, ending in branching terminal fibers, through which messages pass to other neurons or to muscles or glands

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Axons _______, dendrites _______

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Speak, listen

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Myelin Sheath

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A layer of fatty tissue segment ally encasing the fibers of many neurons; enables vastly greater transmission speed of neural impulses as the impulse hops from one node to the next

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This disease shows the importance of myelin sheaths as it features a degenerative myelin sheath

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Multiple sclerosis

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Action potential

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A neural impulse; a brief electrical charge that travels down an axon. The action potential is generated by the movement of positively charged atoms in and out of channels in the axon’s membranes

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Refractory Period

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After a neuron fires an action potential, it pauses for a short period to recharge itself to fire again.

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All or None Response

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When the depolarize current exceeds the treshold, a neuron will fire. If the depolarizing current fails to exceed the threshold, a neuron will not fire

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The intensity of an action potential _________ throughout the length of the axon.

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remains the same

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Threshold

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The level of stimulation required to trigger a neural impulse

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Synapse

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The junction between the axon tip of the sending neuron and the dendrite or cell body of the receiving neuron. The tiny gap at this junction is less than a millionth of an inch wide and is called a synaptic gap or cleft.

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Reuptake

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Neurotransmitters in the synapse are reabsorbed into the sending neurons through the process of reuptake. This process applies the brakes on neurotransmitter action.

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How quickly do neurotransmitter molecules cross the gap and bind to receptor sites?

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1/10,000th of a second

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Endorphins

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Meaning “morphine-within”. Natural, opiate-like neurotransmitters linked to pain control and pleasure.

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Acetylcholine (ACh)

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One of the best understood neurotransmitters. It enables learning and memory and also triggers muscle contraction

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Dopamine

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It influences movement, learning, attention and emotion

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Serotonin

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It affects mood, sleep, hunger, and arousal

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Norepinephrine

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It helps control alertness and arousal

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Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)

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It’s a major inhibitory neurotransmitter

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Glutamate

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A major excitatory neurotransmitter; involved in memory

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Malfunctions of Acetylcholine (ACh)

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ACh-producing neurons deteriorate with Alzheimer’s disease

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Malfunctions of Dopamine

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Excess dopamine is linked with schizophrenia and an under supply of dopamine is linked to Parkinson’s disease

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Malfunctions of Serotonin

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An under supply is linked to depression; antidepressants are meant to raise serotonin levels

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Malfunctions of Norepinephrine

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Undersupply can depress mood

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Malfunctions of GABA

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Undersupply is linked to seizures, tremors, and insomnia

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Malfunctions of Glutamate

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An oversupply can overstimulate the brain, which can lead to migraines and seizures.

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Agonists _______ neurotransmitters while antagonists ________ them

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Excite, inhibit

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Blood-Brain Barrier

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Enables the brain to fence out unwanted chemicals circulating in the brain

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Terminal Branches of Axons

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They form junctions with other cells

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Nervous System

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The body’s speedy, electrochemical communication network, consisting of all the nerve cells of the peripheral and central nervous systems

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Central Nervous System (CNS)

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The brain and spinal cord.

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Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)

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The sensory and motor neurons that connect the central nervous system to the rest of the body

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Nerves

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Neural “cables” containing many axons. These bundled axons, which are part of the peripheral nervous system, connect the central nervous system with muscles, glands, and sense organs

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Sensory Neurons

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Neurons that carry incoming information from the sense receptors to the central nervous system

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Motor Neurons

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Neurons that carry outgoing information from the central nervous system to the muscles and glands

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Interneurons

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Central nervous system neurons that internally communicate and intervene between the sensory inputs and motor outputs

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Somatic Nervous System

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The division of the peripheral nervous system that controls the body’s skeletal muscles (AKA the skeletal nervous system)

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Autonomic Nervous System

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The part of the peripheral nervous system that controls the glands and muscles of the internal organs (such as the heart). It’s sympathetic division arouses; it’s parasympathetic division calms

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Sympathetic Nervous System

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The division of the autonomic nervous system that arouses the body, mobilizing its energy in stressful situations.
ex: increases heart rate, raises blood pressure

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Parasympathetic Nervous System

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The division of the autonomic nervous system that calms the body, conserving its energy
ex: decreases heart rare, lowers blood pressure

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Reflex

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A simple, automatic, inborn response to a sensory stimulus, such as the knee-jerk response

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Neural Networks

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Interconnected neural cells. With experience, networks can learn, as feedback strengthens or inhibits connections that produce certain results.

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Neurons that ____ together ____ together! :D

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Fire, wire

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Endocrine System

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The body’s “slow” chemical communication system; a set of glands that secrete hormones into the bloodstream

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Hormones

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Chemical messengers, mostly those manufactured by the endocrine glands, that are produced in one tissue and affect another

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What do both the endocrine and nervous system do?

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Secrete molecules that activate receptors elsewhere.

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Neurotransmitters

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Chemical messengers that traverse the synaptic gaps between neurons. When released by the sending neuron, neurotransmitters travel across the synapse and bind to receptor sites on the receiving neuron, thereby influencing whether that neuron will generate a neural impulse

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Adrenal Glands

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A pair of endocrine glands just above the kidneys that secrete epinephrine (adrenaline) and norepinephrine (nonadrenaline) to help arouse the body in times of stress.

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Pituitary Gland

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The endocrine system’s most influential gland. Under the influence of the hypothalamus, the pituitary regulates growth and controls other endocrine glands.

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Lesion

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Tissue destruction.

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

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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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Positron Emission Tomography (PET)

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

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Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

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A technique that uses magnetic fields and radio waves to produce computer-generated images that distinguish among different types of soft tissue; allows us to see structures within the brain

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Functional MRI (fMRI)

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A technique for revealing blood flow and, therefore, brain activity h comparing successive MRI scans.

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MRI scans show brain _______; fMRI scans show brain _______

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Anatomy; Function

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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; it 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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Pons

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Above the medulla, it helps coordinate movement

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Reticular Formation

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A nerve network in the brainstem that plays an important role in controlling arousal (NOT SEXUAL)

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Thalamus

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The brain’s sensory switchboard, located on top of the brainstem; it directs messages to the sensory receiving areas in the cortex and transmits replies to the cerebellum and medulla.
does NOT receive information on the sense of smell

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Cerebellum

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The “little brain” attached to the rear of the brainstem; it’s functions include processing sensory input and coordinating movement output and balance.

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Limbic System

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Doughnut-shaped system of neural structures at the border of the brainstem and cerebral hemispheres; associated with emotions such as fear and aggression and drives for food and sex; includes the hippocampus, amygdala, and hypothalamus

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Hippocampus

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Processes memory

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Amygdala

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Two lima-bean sized neural clusters that are linked to emotion, namely aggression and fear

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Hypothalamus

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

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Cerebral Cortex

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The intricate fabric of interconnected neural cells that covers the cerebral hemispheres; the body’s ultimate control and information processing center.

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Glial Cells

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Cells in the nervous system that support, nourish, and protect neurons. There are nine items more glial cells than nerve cells.

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Each brain hemisphere is divided into ______ lobes.

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Four

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Frontal Lobes

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Portion of the cerebral cortex just behind the forehead; involved in speaking and muscle movements and in making plans and judgments.

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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 the visual areas, which receive visual information from the opposite visual field.

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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 of which receives auditory information primarily from 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 movement

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Sensory Cortex

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The area at the front of the parietal lobes that registers and processes body touch and movement sensations.

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Association Areas

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Areas of the cerebral cortex that aren’t involved in primary motor or sensory functions; rather, they are involved in higher mental functions such as learning, remembering, thinking, and speaking

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Aphasia

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

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Broca’s Area

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Controls language expression - an area of the frontal lobe, usually in the left hemisphere, that directs the muscle movements involved in speech.

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Wernicke’s Area

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Controls language reception - a brain area involves in language comprehension and expression; usually in the left temporal lobe

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Angular Gyrus

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Receives visual information from the visual area and recedes it into the auditory form

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Plasticity

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The brain’s capacity for modification, as evident in brain reorganization following damage and in experiments on the effects of experience on brain development

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Corpus Callosum

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The large band of neural fibers connecting the two brain hemispheres and carrying messages between them

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Split brain

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A condition in which the two hemispheres of the brain are isolated by cutting the connecting fibers between them.

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